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CLT Resource Alert: Our Researchers are attending today's webinar, "Chinatown Land Trusts in Action: A Path to Community Resilience," hosted by Next City. For decades, Chinatowns have collectively acquired properties via community land trusts to resist being displaced in gentrifying neighborhoods. Tune into the conversation with us today, hosted by Oscar Abello, to understand the new challenges CLTs now face and how communities are organizing in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Boston https://lnkd.in/ejXbu2UR?

Public-Private Partnerships Powering Affordable Housing Amid rising costs and economic challenges, public-private partnerships are more crucial than ever for the affordable housing sector. Such alliances leverage public funds and private expertise to meet the surging demand for affordable homes. Partnerships enable affordable housing providers to pool resources, share risks, and access valuable land and financing, especially in high-cost urban areas where standalone projects are challenging. These collaborations also support long-term project sustainability, as public and private players address both housing supply and community needs. By working together, stakeholders can achieve impactful housing outcomes, particularly through schemes like Housing Infrastructure and Levelling Up Funds that offer essential support for housing and community development projects. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSt-59_m https://lnkd.in/e5SfbEDn

🆕 Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration In a report out today, New Local argue for a better system of development in England – one that fully involves and empowers communities in decision-making. Deeper community involvement is key to speeding up building plans and ensuring quality and sustainability. Read the report 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2CS6Jz5 🧵

Growth is happening all over St. Catharines! 📈 Did you know the value of construction in St. Catharines was estimated at more than $300 million in 2022, a 21 per cent increase over 2021? St. Catharines has planning policies and incentive programs in place designed to encourage development and redevelopment that meet the needs of the community. Learn more about the City's Community Improvement Plan and proposed amendments here: https://bit.ly/3SjVqhe

Disaster Recovery and Community Economic Resilience are very different from Emergency Response. Plan to prepare for the sake of your businesses. #economicdevelopment

BIG’s Housing Co-op Initiative took shape in 2023 as housing changemakers recognized the potential of deep collaboration to expand opportunities for community governance of housing and the creation of housing co-operatives. This peer learning initiative created space to share, ask questions, meet partners and advance shared goals around cooperatively managed housing. Keep an eye out as this work evolves in 2024. Read how our initiative was launched here: https://hubs.la/Q02yldqg0

Last Friday was a chance to present with RTPI colleagues from Norway and a pioneering community leader from Morvern in Scotland about 'Meeting Rural Housing Challenges in Norway and Scotland' for World Town Planning Day. I was able to: 1. do a (very) short intro to the Scottish planning and political system; 2. highlight the rural housing crisis in Scotland and the need for innovation; 3. showcase (with Sam Firth from Morvern) an innovative response to community-owned delivery of 21st century crofting; 4. explore some of the planning issues and obstacles that are still being faced despite NPF4s support for crofting and woodland crofting (and how to address these)...and advocate for support of such innovative community-led initiatives; 5. stress that we need to consider innovation in regulation not just innovation in delivery; 6. uncover that in Norway for 50 years a 'duty of occupation' legal mechanism has existed covering rural homes, allowing municipalities to ensure rural houses are retained as primary dwellings if required. This is rooted in a policy where second homes and primary homes are assigned different use classes (unlike in Scotland); 7. explain that in Scotland similar 'duty of occupation' controls do exist in the 1886 Crofting Act for this tenure type of rural housing... and as such controls are already fully supported by NPF4 and enshrined in our planning system; 8. and finally argue that in Scotland - where a Chief Planner letter (2011) strongly discourages the use of occupancy conditions - we nevertheless need to revisit this and also explore the idea of implementing use classes differentiating between second and primary homes. This to empower our local authorities to be able to prevent loss of primary dwelling stock to second home usage when required in specific locations...ensuring the potential application of a 'duty of occupation' as primary dwelling for all tenure types of rural homes, not just crofts. I'm convinced we need innovation in regulation not just delivery to meet the rural housing crisis, and that we have a model in our own culture of crofting that could be unpacked to serve everyone looking to live locally in rural Scotland, whatever the tenure. Please watch and comment with your thoughts! (and a big thanks to Julia Frost, Cliff Hague and RTPI Scotland for entrusting Place at the Table with the chance to speak)

Durable and affordable capital with #programmaticissuance through #structuredfinance vital enabler We must cater universe of global institutional investors who tell us they have mandate for Australian Social & Affordable Housing securities - but need to meet their mandates more finely (and conform to SDG11 and EU CRR ESG #duediligence standards) Australian bank balance sheets and superfunds cannot alone meet the volume, pace and cost of funds challenge #PowerHousingconference highlights from Right Lane Consulting (Chapter 4) and Brad Braithwaite remarks reinforce Deliberate action under Investment Mandate already obliges HA to catalysise a long term #fixedincome market (cf to North American and European) #unlockingthehousingchallenge

After spending the last 4 years working on this project I am proud to have committed my time and project management skills to contribute fighting the climate crisis. Fantastic video by CEC showing a bit of the infrastructure. #ccwel #activetravel #cycleways #projectmanagement #climatechange #sustainabletransport

Explore the impact of opportunity zones on economic growth, community development, and real estate investment. Discover the challenges, success stories, and prospects of these zones https://lnkd.in/e2Z_2WNJ