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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Jacob Wood Co-Founder & Executive Board Chairman Team Rubicon Team Rubicon became one of the most impactful nonprofits under Wood’s leadership. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. Here are a few suggestions.

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From Policy to Power: Centering People by Supporting Tenant Unions

NonProfit Quarterly

This could mean a slumlord of one building, or a private equity firm that owns multiple buildings in one city, or even Project-Based Section 8 buildings, under the control of HUD (the US Department of Housing and Urban Development). A tenant union can be neighborhood- or citywide, across multiple landlords.

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Countering Criminalization: The Vital Role of Organizing Against Homelessness

NonProfit Quarterly

A recent US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report identified 771,000 homeless people in January 2024, a record number that was 18 percent higher than the previous year, which in turn marked a 12 percent increase over 2022. And homelessness is rising.

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How the State of the People Power Tour Is Building Power and Amplifying Black Voices

NonProfit Quarterly

This includes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As David notes, many of the agencies that have come under attack by the Trump administration and have had to undergo massive layoffs are those that employ a significant number of Black people.

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Federal Workers Are Organizing for Democracy—from the Inside Out

NonProfit Quarterly

We are speaking out in our own names and our own stories,” Paul Osadebe, a FUN organizer and trial attorney with the Department of Housing and Urban Development told NPQ. Federal worker leadership can bring us far closer to that ideal. Because if you give up your voice as soon as you’re under attack, you’ve already lost.”

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Scaling Impact: How Mergers Can Advance Housing in Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Capped low-income housing tax credits and gap financing sourced through the US Department of Housing and Urban Developments HOME Investment Partnerships program and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program , as well as local tax revenue, mean that only a limited number of projects will move forward in any year.

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Antionette Kerr : How I Became a Self-Care Radical

NonProfit Hub

I credit them for my fierce work ethic, which fit right in with the “do more with less” mindset of nonprofit work, but as I rose through the ranks of nonprofit leadership, I wasn’t quite prepared for the toll it took on my mental, physical and spiritual well-being. At a time when HUD (U.S.