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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Local government support is crucial to successful CLTs, and strategies vary between municipalities (Davis and Jacobus 2008). The City-CLT Partnership: Municipal Support for Community Land Trusts. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2008. Working Paper, Lincoln Institute for Land Policy , 2008. Davis, John E.,

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

2 The report came about at a time when the FHLBs have been increasingly criticized for neglecting their housing and community development mission and instead using their subsidies and privileges to benefit their financial institution owners and executives. mortgage originations. More political than commercial.

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What’s a Capital Stack and How Does it Work?

CRA Today

In this model, the various sources of capital are stacked on top of each other to enhance community development financing projects. All these layers together make a community development loan possible. Capital Stacks are critical to successful community development projects, such as affordable housing.

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Mary Campbell, The Housing Oprah: Everybody Gets A House

Iron Sharpens Iron

Prior to her employment at NKCDC, Mary led a team of Housing Counselors as their supervisor at lntercultural Family Services from 2008 until 2017. It is Mary's mission to ensure fair and equal housing access to all members of every community. Mary has been employed with New Kensington CDC since July 10, 2017.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In recent years, the System has been subject to growing criticism that it has been inadequately supporting the housing and community development mission given to it by Congress. Like F&F prior to 2008, the FHLBanks hold themselves out as competitive commercial enterprises, but the truth is that they also are not.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

Now more than ever, community development organizations are tasked with building organizational resilience to address growing housing challenges and deliver a scaled response to our nation’s dire housing needs.

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Pam Bridgeforth of Camden Repertory Theatre talks about building community

Iron Sharpens Iron

Pam Bridgeforth is Managing Director of Camden Repertory Theatre and former Director of Programs for the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations. In this mini episode, Pam talks with Leon and De'Wayne about building community and poetry. About Camden Repertory Theatre. Camden Rep was founded by Desi P.