This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our mission at the Heron Foundation is to help people and communities help themselves out of poverty. Our strategy calls for us to address root causes and invest in organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · California has been struggling with an affordable housing crisis, but Sen. Scott Wiener’s failed bill to override zoning laws continues to be discussed. Governing magazine reports on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018 would help bring a voucher system to families in low-income areas and would give HUD the opportunity to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Regan shares the Housing Partnership Network’s approach to increasing housing affordability through market-based solutions. • Are these methods the most impactful way to increase housing affordability?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Massachusetts is using a pay for success model to fund housing and holistic services for homeless individuals that make frequent use of emergency services. In the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vijay Gupta describes his work and life as a member of the LA Philharmonic and as the founder of Street Symphony, a local nonprofit helping individuals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company reports on the emergence of community land trusts (a nonprofit housing system that makes buying property more affordable), and the new accelerator program to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The rising costs of housing in many cities is driving young professionals to seek affordable housing in rural cities. While these areas offer many advantages, there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cooperation Jackson is working to create affordable housing in Jackson, Mississippi to start to repair the damage done by racist home-loan policies that prevented Americans of color from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropy News Digest’s PhilanTopic blog reviews Chris Hughes’ book Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn, which advocates for universal basic income (UBI) and a redistribution…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • YES! Magazine takes a look at the lack of affordable housing around the U.S. and the alternatives that people are resorting to (tiny houses, co-housing, land…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Referencing a recent report on gentrification in California and how it affects the homeless, Nonprofit Quarterly explores the escalating housing prices that are creating socio-economic issues…