Business Plan Creation Kit
Miami-Dade
African American Historic Sites
Undoing
Racism
Despite
denial by many, society is built
on a race
construct. There is no quick fix. Part of the answer is to
recognize it and say it
Case Study: Little Haiti Housing Association
FannieMae Foundation Journal
Poverty
and inequality mean wasted
human resources and depleted social capital. Inequality is
as much an issue for
business as it is for community activists.
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Policy Advocacy:
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Coalition seeks to create a more supportive environment for
community-based development in South Florida through policy development
and advocacy with local government.
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positions, share experiences, and develop a unified voice for the
industry.
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organizations, providing information on policy changes, available
funding, resources, and training opportunities.
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development on the internet with news, research links, policy papers,
CDC member websites and much more.
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Redevelopment
Nonprofit developers
are undertaking the toughest deals
reaching
the lowest income families. The neighborhoods that nonprofits are working
in are where for profit developers will not go without incentives.
Basic issues of financial feasibility prevent the private sector
from taking on ventures in these low income neighborhoods. Barriers
include: low appraised values, high costs of development, high
costs of land, expensive "brownfield" cleanup, expensive lien
clearance, high relocation expenses, the difficulty of dealing with
the patchwork pattern of real estate ownership, and the necessity
of having to redevelop the typically decrepit infrastructure
(sewers, water, etc.). On top of all that, local government
inadvertently imposes additional costs by its unnecessarily
cumbersome construction approval process. For-profit developers
don't go into these neighborhoods unless they are in partnership
with a nonprofit because nonprofit developers can provide them with the necessary
incentives. Nonprofit sponsored ventures, therefore, erve to create a
"jump start" affect. After a while the appraised values of
neighborhood properties begin to drift upwards and the normal
market forces are once again allowed to work.
Housingissues.org
South Florida Housing Policy Website
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Our vision is to build the power of lower income
people to
achieve justice in marginalized communities.Our
mission is to support and advance the
affordable housing, economic development, and community building
strategies of our membership.
