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LISC Phoenix is a leading and accomplished nonprofit community development organization with a strong presence in low- and moderate-income communities throughout Greater Phoenix.

BRIEFING REPORTS

LISC Phoenix strongly supports policy work.  In collaboration with various individuals, nonprofits, public agencies and institutions of higher education from throughout the Greater Phoenix Metro area, LISC Phoenix is developing a series Briefing Reports to shed light on the relevant issues concerning affordable housing, community development and sustainable policy issues.  Below are the first two published Briefing Reports which build on and reinforce one another.


PDFBriefing Report #1: Affordable/Workforce Housing Recommendations and Barriers in Arizona and Metro Phoenix, from 2001 – 2007 (August 2008)

Briefing Report #1 is a compendium of affordable/workforce housing recommendations, illumination of the barriers to development of affordable/workforce housing and illustration of the best practices of some of the leading policy, program and development recommendations – employer-assisted housing programs, housing trust funds and development tools.  The ASU Stardust Center for Affordable Housing and the Family took on this project for LISC Phoenix and Arizona Community Foundation by.


PDF Briefing Report #2: Recommendations on Local and Regional Trust Funds (April 2008)

In 1997, Pima County established a Housing Trust Fund to assist the County’s low-income residents purchase and improve housing.  While there exists a framework for the County’s trust fund, no dedicated source of revenue was established.  Building on the recommendations and best practices identified in Briefing Report #1, Briefing Report #2 seeks to determine the revenue potential vis-à-vis the public burden/opposition for the Housing Trust Fund and the extent to which funding sources could be subject to legal challenges by citizens or government entities.  Fenlene Hsu and florin Ivan, student of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law as well as Bret Trani and Joe Silins of Pima County Community Development took on this project for LISC Phoenix.

 

PDF Briefing Report #3: Case Studies for Transit Oriented Development (March 2009)

A short summary of the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) tools that are used by communities all across the country. Ten tools have been selected by the Center for Transit Oriented Development and Reconnecting America to represent the best and most relevant ideas for the Phoenix metropolitan areas in promoting TOD.

 

THE LISC PHOENIX PORTAL

LISC Phoenix publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Portal, which features newsworthy people, events and accomplishments related to LISC Phoenix and the Greater Phoenix community at large.  Below are the most recent issues.