webinar: game changing advancement in fostering access to opportunity
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WelcomeEveryone!
GameChangingAdvancementinFosteringAccesstoOpportunity:HUD’sAffirmativelyFurthering
FairHousingRuleModerator:
AmyKenyon– ProgramOfficer,EquitableDevelopment,FordFoundation
Speakers:
Kalima Rose,SeniorDirectoroftheCenterforInfrastructureEquity,PolicyLink
GaryCunningham,MetropolitanCouncil,TwinCities
GustavoValesquez,AssistantSecretaryforFairHousingandEqualOpportunity| HUD
Diedre Swesnik,ProgramOfficer,EqualityFund,OpenSocietyFoundation
Moderator:AmyKenyon,ProgramOfficerFordFoundation
Amy Kenyon works on the EquitableDevelopment team. She has focused onreforming the rules that shape regionaldevelopment in US metropolitan areas inorder to expand economic opportunitiesfor low-income people. Her grant makinghas supported integrated approaches toequitable development, throughimproving access to permanentlyaffordable housing and transit choicesand deepening community engagement inland use planning processes.
Kalima Rose,SeniorDirectoroftheCenterforInfrastructureEquity,PolicyLink
Kalima Rose, works with diverse leadership to steerresources for transportation, housing, climate justiceand cultural amenities to communities of opportunity.Kalima helps groups win and implement federal, state,and local resources for greater workforce participation,accessibility, and new investments that serve low-income communities and communities of color. TheCenter drives the organization’s regional equity, fairhousing, and new infrastructure investments thatstrengthen economic resilience. Kalima led theorganization’s Gulf Coast recovery work to shape amore equitable post-Katrina rebuilding of New Orleansand Louisiana. With three decades of economic,housing, and land-use policy expertise, she created thePolicyLink Equitable Development Toolkit, an onlineresource that highlights best social equity practices.Kalima has a degree in narratives and culture from theUniversity of California, Berkeley, and loves to supportthriving expressions of arts and culture to inspire racialequity across America.
DrivingEquityOutcomes:FairHousingAssessments
andtheAffirmatively FurtheringFairHousingRule
Leading the nation in demographic change
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.
Racial/ethniccomposition: California,1980-2040
Leading the nation in demographic change
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.
Racial/ethniccomposition:U.S.1980-2040
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WhyweneedtheruleTheGhostofHistory
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WhyweneedtheruleNotReallyGhosts- HistoryContinuesToday
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Housing Indicators by1940 HOLC Rating
High-CostRate ForeclosureRate VacancyRate
High-Cost Loan Rate60.1% - 81.4%40.1% - 60%20.1% - 40%0% - 20%
1940 HOLC MapSecurity Ratings
ABCDIndustrial
Legaciesofdisinvestment
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NeighborhoodAssetMaps:Composite IndexBasedMaps(1to100IndexScore– ModeledAfterOpportunity
Maps)Mapsfor:Education,TransitAccess,JobAccess,LaborMarketEngagement,Poverty,Health
HazardExposure
RCAP’s:Areasthatare50%non-Whiteandmorethan40%impoverished
(orareaswithpovertyratesmorethan3Xtheregionalaverage)
Diversestakeholdersyieldstrongassessments
Fair Housing Assessment
Councils of Government
School Districts
Transit Agencies
Housing Authorities
Cities, Counties
&/or States
Fair Housing Organizations
Economic Development
AgenciesHousing Finance Agencies
Community Equity
Leaders
Affordable Housing
Developers
Health Departments
Environmental Justice
Orgs/Agencies
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HistoricMovement!74regions-pilot,theruleshowspromise
MetroSt.LouisFairHousingAssessment
ImplementationPlan
Howdidguidance,requirements,HUDexpectationsshapeoutcomes?
PilotsinformedAffirmativelyFurtheringFairHousingRule2016
Nowprovideprogramparticipants“withaneffectiveplanningapproachtoaidthemintakingmeaningfulactionstoovercomehistoricpatterns
ofsegregation,promotefairhousingchoice,andfosterinclusivecommunitiesthatarefreefromdiscrimination.”
• Reinvestinhighpovertycommunities
• Expandmobilityoptionstohigheropportunityneighborhoods
• ProtectCommunitiesofColorfromDisplacementwithtargetedstrategies
GustavoF.Velasquez,AssistantSecretaryforFairHousingandEqualOpportunity
He was nominated by President Obama andconfirmed by the United States Senate tobecome Assistant Secretary for Fair Housingand Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Departmentof Housing and Urban Development. Prior tohis nomination, Velasquez was ExecutiveDirector of the Latino Economic DevelopmentCenter (LEDC), a non-for-profit organizationbased in Washington, DC dedicated to servethousands of Latinos and other immigrantsand underserved populations gain thenecessary skills and capital to start andmaintain their own businesses. LEDC alsoadvocates for and supports communities tosecure affordable and accessible housing.
GaryCunningham,RepresentingDistrict7MetropolitanCouncil
Cunningham is President and CEO of theMetropolitan Economic DevelopmentAssociation (MEDA), which providesassistance to businesses owned andmanaged by entrepreneurs of colornationwide. He previously served as VicePresident and Chief Program Officer for theNorthwest Area Foundation, which focuseson supporting organizations to reducepoverty and achieve sustainable prosperityin an eight-state region (2007-2014). Heheld leadership roles with the U.S.Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment, the Massachusetts TurnpikeAuthority, and the City of Minneapolis.
GaryCunninghamRepresentingDistrict7,MetropolitanCouncil
FosteringAccesstoOpportunity:Choice,PlaceandOpportunityinthe
TwinCitiesregion
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AbouttheMetropolitanCouncil:
MetroTransit:Busesandtrains
WastewaterTreatment
RegionalParks
Housing
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AbouttheMetropolitanCouncil:
Regionalplanningandcoordinatinggrowthanddevelopmentwithlocalgovernmentsinlocalcomprehensiveplansanddevelopmentprojects
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Integrationoffundingreceivedthrough:• HUD’sSustainableCommunitiesRegionalPlanningGrant($5milliongrant)
• LivingCitiesIntegrationInitiative(upto$16millioningrantsandloans)
Vision:Transitway corridorswillguideourregion’sgrowth,vitalityandcompetitiveness. Developmentalongtransitwayswillcreatedistinctiveplacesandstrengthenlocalassetswhileincreasingridershipandexpandingaccesstojobs,affordablehousing,andessential servicesforresidentsofallincomesandbackgrounds.
CorridorsofOpportunity(2011-13)
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PolicyBoard• Community,economic&
workforcedevelopers• Communityengagement• Government(state,
Council,counties,cities)• Philanthropy• Privatesector
CommunityEngagement• LedbyAllianceforMetropolitanStability,theMinnesotaCenterforNeighborhoodOrganizingandNexusCommunityPartners
• SteeringCommitteeofcommunityleaders
StakeholdersinCorridorsofOpportunity:
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Theprincipleistoensurethateveryoneregardlessofrace,economicstatus,abilityortheneighborhoodinwhichtheylivehasaaccesstoessentialingredientsforenvironmental,economic,socialandculturalwell-beingincluding:• livingwagejobs• entrepreneurialopportunities• viablehousingchoices
• publictransportation• goodschools• strongsocialnetworks• safeandwalkablestreets• services• parks• accesstohealthyfood
CorridorsofOpportunity:EquitableDevelopment
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Choice,PlaceandOpportunity:Process
• AFairHousingandEquityAssessmentwasarequirementoftheHUDSustainableCommunitiesRegionalPlanningGrant
• AnalysisledbytheMetropolitanCouncilwithdataandengagementpartners
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Choice,PlaceandOpportunity:Keyfindings
• Racialandethnicdisparitiesthreatenourthrivingregion
• Suburbanizingpoverty• Growingracialsegregation• Areasofconcentratedpovertyareexpanding
• Peopleofcolorfacebarrierstohousingchoice
• Accesstoopportunitiesvarybygeographyandrace
• Advancingequitytakesconcertedeffortandsharedcommitment
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ThriveMSP2040:Ourregionalvision
Five outcomes:• Stewardship• Prosperity• Equity• Livability• SustainabilityThree principles:• Integration• Collaboration• Accountability
Learnmoreatwww.thrivemsp.org
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ThriveMSP2040:EquityEquity connectsallresidentstoopportunityandcreates
viablehousing,transportation,andrecreationoptions forpeopleofallraces,ethnicities,incomes,andabilitiessothatallcommunitiessharetheopportunitiesandchallengesofgrowthandchange.
Forourregiontoreachitsfulleconomicpotential,allofourresidentsmustbeabletoaccessopportunity.Ourregionisstrongerwhenallpeopleliveincommunitiesthatprovidethemaccesstoopportunitiesforsuccess,prosperity,andqualityoflife.
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TheRegionalSolicitationforTransportationFundingdistributes$150million (overtwoyears)infederaltransportationfunding
Startingwiththe2014Solicitation,3to13%oftheprojectpointscomefromequitycriteria:• Benefitstolow-income
populations;peopleofcolor;children,peoplewithdisabilities,andtheelderly
• ProximitytoAreasofConcentratedPoverty,morepointsfromthosewhere50%ormoreofresidentsarepeopleofcolor
AddingEquitytoInvestments:
Startingwiththe2014Solicitation,7% ofpointscomefromtheHousingPerformance ofthecitieswhereprojectsarelocated.
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EquityAdvisoryCommitteeNEW!
• CreatedOctober2014andappointedMarch2016• Purpose:AdvisetheMetropolitanCouncilinitsworktoadvanceequityinthemetropolitanregionandmeettheCouncil’sequitycommitmentsinThriveMSP2040
• AffirmsthecommitmentinThriveMSP2040tomakeresidentsandcommunitiesfullpartnersindecisionmakingwhichmayaffectthem
• Theultimategoalofthisworkistocreatemoreequitableoutcomesforthepeoplewholiveandworkintheregion
• 21members(4areCouncilMembers)
DeidreSwesnik,ProgramOfficerOpenSocietyFoundations
DeidreSwesnik isaprogramofficerwiththeEqualityFundoftheOpenSocietyFoundations’U.S.Programs,overseeingitscommunityequityportfolio.BeforejoiningOpenSociety,DeeDeewasdirectorofpublicpolicyandcommunicationsattheNationalFairHousingAlliance,wheresheadvocatedforanendtodiscriminatoryhousingpractices.ShealsostaffedtheFairHousingTaskForceoftheLeadershipConferenceonCivilRights. DeeDeewaspreviouslyapolicyassociateatRapozaAssociatesworkingonlow-incomehousing,communitydevelopment,andruralhousing.
FourRightsofeveryresident
1. Therighttostay2. Therighttochoose3. Therighttoequaltreatment4. Therighttohaveasay
TexasOrganizingProjectTexasLowIncomeHousingInformationService
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