Resources
Other Resources
Here are other resources that may be of use to you.
- Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money: How Greedy Corporations Destroy the American Dream The California Reinvestment Coalition recently released this short documentary which shows how the foreclosure crisis affects everyone. It tells the story of borrowers who were lied to and ignored by their mortgage loan servicers, and the people who are working to keep them in their homes. It also reveals how this disaster could have been avoided if regulators and government officials did not ignore predatory lending practices.
Homeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Shelter Partnership, Inc. released their homeless older adults strategic plan. The plan included a specific set of public policy recommendations for local government to address the unique problems presented by the homeless older adult population. To learn more about the strategic plan view the Shelter Partnership article or view the results of the Shelter Partnership study.- Online Guide to State and Local Housing Policy
HousingPolicy.org provides government and business leaders, affordable-home advocates, and other interested individuals with timely and reliable information on successful policies that states and localities have adopted to expand the availability of homes for working families. This online guide provides in-depth profiles of housing policies employed at the state and local level and guidance on how to develop a comprehensive housing strategy that puts these individual pieces together into an effective coordinated approach. Check out this easy-to-use guide. - Strategies and Tools for Meeting California's Affordable Housing Needs
Written by Julie Spezia, Executive Director of Housing California, this article originally ran in Western City Magazine (September 2007), a monthly publication of the League of California Cities. View the article now. - California Inclusionary Housing Policy Database
The California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) hosts a free, searchable database of more than 130 California mixed-income (inclusionary) programs. The database provides summaries of characteristics for each policy. Users can search by jurisdiction name or by more than 30 other variables. Each summary includes a link to the jurisdiction's full policy. Check out the database now. - Building Public Support for Affordable Housing: A Toolbox for California Officials
Building Public Support for Affordable Housing outlines a number of planning and public participation tools local agencies can use to address concerns related to affordable housing and overcome negative stereotypes. Learn more now. - Race Equity Project
The Race Equity Project seeks to address issues of race by developing educational and support materials for race-based advocacy and connecting communities and advocates to facilitate the sharing and dissemination of race-based advocacy strategies.
Although the form of racial discrimination has changed, discrimination, intentional or not, continues to unfairly burden people and communities of color.
The Race Equity Project is a special project of Legal Services of Northern California.
