Affordable Housing

Oct
09

Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Housing Stability

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 -
10:00am to 2:00pm
Location: 
Battelle for Kids office

Find out how a Minnesota funders collaborative has worked in partnership with government and nonprofits to reduce homelessness 

Policies for Improving Ohio's Housing Markets

Publication date: 
05/2013
This report outlines some of the main findings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s years of research and outreach with Ohio bankers, community development practitioners, and other market participants.1 We offer this white paper as an Ohio-centric companion to the nationally focused housing market report issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in January 20122, and we offer it in the same spirit—as providing a framework for weighing the pros and cons of programs aimed at stabilizing the housing sector.
Resource Type: 
Research
Audience: 
Policy Makers
Funding Area: 
Affordable Housing

Mott showcases community foundations in advance of the field’s centennial celebrations

Publication date: 
04/2013
In celebration of the community foundation field's 100th anniversary in 2014, the Mott Foundation is continuing its series of articles that examine various facets of the field's growth and development. The articles report on what is occurring in Mott's major geographic focus areas — Central/Eastern Europe and Russia, South Africa and the U.S. — and provide information about how the field is expanding globally.
Resource Type: 
Best Practice
Audience: 
Community Foundation
Topic: 
Geography
Funding Area: 
Affordable Housing

Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National Policy

Publication date: 
02/2013
This report, the culmination of a 16-month examination of some of the key issues in housing, provides a blueprint for an entirely new system of housing finance for both the ownership and rental markets. Under this new system, the private sector will play a far greater role in bearing credit risk and providing mortgage funding, and taxpayer protection will be a central goal.
Resource Type: 
Research
Topic: 
Grantmaking
Funding Area: 
Affordable Housing

Natural Allies: Philanthropy and Civil Legal Aid

Investing to help low-income people solve their legal problems is smart, results-oriented philanthropy. For decades, all over the country, legal aid groups have been a driving force that makes change real in millions of lives. They have answers when families need housing, food, health care. It’s their work that corrects bad policy and changes how society treats the most vulnerable.
Resource Type: 
Research
Funding Area: 
Affordable Housing
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