Spotlight on Inclusive Economic Development Without Displacement
On Wall Street and downtowns around the country, declining in-person work is driving near-record office vacancies, with implications for nearby businesses, the urban tax base, and public services. But on main streets across the country, LISC is addressing some of the same technological and economic changes behind downtown vacancies, to support entrepreneurs of color facing displacement.
Three Models for Inclusive, Community-Led Economic Development Without Displacement
Community-centered economic inclusion initiatives hold important lessons for how to dismantle inequities and promote economic opportunities without displacement. LISC’s local partners in places like Everett, WA, Oakland, CA, and Charlotte, NC are fostering community-led initiatives that promote economic justice with residents and small businesses.
Stable Homes and Resident Empowerment
This report from the LISC Community Research and Impact team describes COPA and TOPA policies at work and their outcomes in DC and San Francisco, implementation lessons, and evidence about the impact of these policies based on preliminary LISC analyses of housing market dynamics in New York City.
Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Liberation and Community Development
LGBTQ+ people have a powerful history of organizing and cooperation to support. Yet there is little focus within community development on development without displacement by and for queer and trans communities, and the challenges and opportunities they face in scaling this work. As extremist groups and policies increasingly target LGBTQ+ people, strategies to build queer and trans community and economic power for systems change are urgently needed. This LISC Institute for Community Power Spotlight focuses on the intersections between LGBTQ+ liberation and community development.
Liberation Begins at Home: Creating LGBTQ+ Friendly Housing
LGBTQ+ people face discrimination as home buyers, as renters, in the workplace, and when seeking health care, in addition to higher rates of homelessness and trauma. We spoke to three LGBTQ+ organizations that saw housing needs among the people they work with, particularly senior housing and transitional housing for youth who have experienced homelessness, and partnered with community developers and housing organizations to help make these projects work.
A Housing Rescue Mission: Taking on Institutional Investors in Ohio
Corporations have been buying real estate in record numbers in recent years. The surge in investor ownership has been keenly felt in Ohio, where one out of every six homes sold in 2022 was purchased by a corporation. The issue has inspired action in the state legislature, with two bills recently introduced to stem the wave of corporate purchases, and LISC’s Ohio offices are working together at the state level to address investor ownership concerns and advocate for tenants.