📣 Happening today!

Join Shelterforce at 3 PM ET for Fit to Live In: From Ordinances to Outcomes in #Habitability, a timely conversation on enforcing #housing standards and improving rental conditions nationwide.

🕒 Today at 3 p.m. ET / 12 P.M. PT
🎟 Register & join: bit.ly/45wIwmG

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Safe, livable housing shouldn’t depend on a ZIP code—but too often it does.

Join Shelterforce for a timely conversation on habitability, enforcement gaps, and local solutions.

🗓 Feb. 11 | ⏰ 3 p.m. ET / 12 P.M. PT

🎟 Register: bit.ly/45wIwmG

#RentalHousing #UnderTheLens

🎧 Audio: Unsafe housing does more than frustrate families.

It threatens health and stability. Shelterforce's Lara Heard explains what you can expect in our new series—Fit to Live In: Fixing Our Housing Stock.

Listen here: 🔗 apple.co/4rvAy6i

#AudioStory #Habitability #UnderTheLens

Happening today!

Join Shelterforce for Fueling the Future of Community Ownership—a convo on funding, sustaining & scaling shared ownership.

🔗 Register to join live: bit.ly/42ZM4wp

#CommunityOwnership #AffordableHousing #UnderTheLens #Shelterforce

2 days away!

Join Shelterforce Nov. 12 for Fueling the Future of Community Ownership—a convo on funding & sustaining community-led housing.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/42ZM4wp

#AffordableHousing #CommunityOwnership #UnderTheLens

Buy. Repair. Engage. Transfer.
Sonora Estates is showing how parks can move from investors ➡️ residents.

👉 bit.ly/3KQPKKz
#UnderTheLens #CommunityOwnership

Instead of fast flips, Sonora Estates residents are getting ⏳ time.
A new model is buying parks, fixing them, and preparing residents for cooperative ownership.

🎧 Listen here: apple.co/4qgj0Lc
#UnderTheLens #HousingJustice

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

DC homeowners are choosing to share their gains—keeping homes affordable for the next family. Learn how Douglass CLT is helping them pay it forward.

🔗 bit.ly/4nCdYGQ
#CommunityOwnership #AffordableHousing

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

First of its kind: The Southard hits both net-zero energy & Salmon-Safe certification while keeping housing affordable.

📖 bit.ly/46F7Wy1
#UnderTheLens #Sustainability

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

Starting Over Inc. is building a CLT shaped by people directly impacted by incarceration. Learn more:

bit.ly/46YlHZU
#UnderTheLens #CommunityOwnership

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

After the Ghost Ship fire, artists asked: how do we keep each other safe?
Artist Space Trust’s answer: a land trust for artists with creative space in mind.

👉 bit.ly/4pDZ58u
#UnderTheLens #HousingJustice #ArtsMatter

Can we buy portfolios now, rent ~10 yrs, then sell to CLTs at cost? Grounded Solutions’ “Homes for the Future” is testing a no-subsidy path to community ownership.

🔗 bit.ly/46PtDLN
#UnderTheLens #HousingJustice

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

“Slavery 400 years ago, slavery today.” — Ruchell Magee. His legacy inspires the first CLT for people leaving incarceration.

bit.ly/46YlHZU
#RacialJustice #HousingJustice

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

Adults w/ developmental disabilities are too often excluded from new housing. At The Southard, 2 buildings were built just for them. Inclusion matters.

👉 bit.ly/46F7Wy1
#UnderTheLens #DisabilityJustice

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

Bay Area artists are bequeathing homes to keep space in community hands.
Meet Flee & her child—finally safe in a home they own.

👉 bit.ly/4pDZ58u
#UnderTheLens #CommunityOwnership #HousingJustice

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

What if reentry began with ownership? The Ruchell “Cinqué” Magee CLT will create housing & belonging for people leaving incarceration.

bit.ly/46YlHZU
#HousingJustice #Reentry #UnderTheLens

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

Zoning hurdles, permit delays, rising costs—but Homestead CLT still delivered. The Southard blends CLT, market-rate, & disability housing in one community.

Read: bit.ly/46F7Wy1
#FairHousing

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership
Artists drive 7.5% of CA’s economy but most are low-income and struggle to afford housing.
AST is changing that—offering studio-inclusive housing & legacy support for creatives.

👉 bit.ly/4pDZ58u
#ArtistsInCommunity #AffordableHousing

#UnderTheLens series: Innovations in Community Ownership

After 67 years inside, Ruchell “Cinqué” Magee’s legacy lives on in a new CLT for returning community members.

Read more: bit.ly/46YlHZU
#UnderTheLens #HousingJustice

#UnderTheLens

Can you imagine a community without arts? 🎭
Artist Space Trust keeps elders housed & ensures artists have homes + studios in the Bay Area.
👉 bit.ly/4pDZ58u
#HousingJustice #ArtsMatter

The Southard in Seattle proves affordable housing can also be green & inclusive—net zero, Salmon-Safe, and with homes for people w/ disabilities. 🌱🐟
👉 bit.ly/46F7Wy1
#UnderTheLens #HousingJustice

A common refrain heard by locals opposed to new housing developments is that area schools can’t absorb the increase in students they’ll bring. As the nation approaches an “enrollment cliff,” the data tells a different story.

Read this #UnderTheLens #FactCheck: bit.ly/3JORe7G #HousingEducation

Communities often oppose new housing, citing concerns of school overcrowding. But research shows most districts are losing students—and with them, critical funding. It’s time to debunk this myth. Full story: bit.ly/3JORe7G

#FactCheck #AffordableHousing #EnrollmentCliff #UnderTheLens

The JOBS Act opened doors for community investors. Now crowdfunding is reviving landmarks & stabilizing neighborhoods. bit.ly/47xcA3e

#UnderTheLens #InnovationsInCommunityOwnership #CommunityDevelopment

🎧 New on #UnderTheLens: In St. Louis, Artist Housing Opens Up Homeownership Opportunities
Artist Stan Chisholm turned his art into stability—becoming the first in his family to own a home thanks to the St. Louis Art Place Initiative.

👉 Listen now: bit.ly/42q8wyb
#HousingJustice #ArtistsInCommunity

Can schools drive neighborhood revitalization? Baltimore’s 21st Century program tried. Here’s what worked & what didn’t: bit.ly/4p9QslF

#HousingEducationConnection #UnderTheLens

Faced with $18M land value, Together Center didn’t sell. They redeveloped—adding housing while keeping nonprofit land ownership.

👉 Listen here: bit.ly/3IeZbTb
#CommunityDevelopment #AffordableHousing #UnderTheLens #InnovationsInCommunityOwnership

When Baltimore got funding for a round of school renovations, the state directed it to design schools that would also advance neighborhood revitalization—and it learned some lessons about why that's not always so simple. bit.ly/4p9QslF
#UnderTheLens #EducationJustice

From Oakland to Michigan, communities are reclaiming housing & businesses through community investing. bit.ly/47xcA3e

#UnderTheLens #InnovationsInCommunityOwnership #CommunityOwnership

Nonprofits in WA own their offices and built 280 affordable homes on top. That’s Together Center. 👉 bit.ly/4ghUx3r

#UnderTheLens #InnovationsInCommunityOwnership