The Southeast Economy: As Goes the Nation?

So what of the Southeast economy? Are we doing better than, the same as, or worse than the U.S. economy as a whole?Southeast economy, southeast, economy, employment, sales, revenue

HousingNOLA Preliminary Report

Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee system failures destroyed more than 275,000 homes and disrupted countless lives across the Gulf Coast. For the past 10 years, passionate residents have been working with non-profit, community-based organizations to rebuild their homes and create a more equitable and resilient New Orleans. In early 2014, the Foundation for Louisiana's TOGETHER Initiative convened a group of residents and non-profits to develop strategies for improving housing policies and increasing equity in New Orleans. What emerged from the TOGETHER Initiative was a desire to build off community engagement efforts since 2005, to keep the momentum going beyond recovery and plan for the future of housing and neighborhoods in New Orleans. HousingNOLA grew out of these discussions, and this Preliminary Report is just the first benchmark. The HousingNOLA process will continue to engage New Orleans residents and key stakeholders in a community-led planning process that will create a road map for addressing housing needs over the next ten years

Equal Voice for America's Families

Outlines September 2010 discussions, including the need for refined strategies to advance the low-income working families' movement for community change, collaboration, innovation, accountability, and capacity building. Assesses progress by issue area

Preserving Louisiana’s Investments in Affordable Housing: Housing Project Profiles and Policy Recommendations

This report analyzes current data on Louisiana LIHTC projects as well a as national preservation practices to attempt to provide a basis for advancing preservation policies in Louisiana

Power Amidst Renewal: Foundation Support for Sustaining Advocacy After Disasters

Follows up a 2007 report on the effectiveness of foundations and nonprofits in advocating for systemic changes in the Gulf Coast and lessons learned. Calls for collaboration, regionalizing agendas, and integrating advocacy into missions and grant periods

Preserving Affordability in Expiring LIHTC Projects: The CLT Approach

The University of New Orleans Department of Planning and Urban Studies (UNO--‐PLUS), on behalf of their client, the Crescent City Community Land Trust, Inc. (CCCLT), has created this report to determine the viability of bringing expiring LIHTC properties into a community land trust (CLT). While CLTs are a proven model for maintaining the long-term affordability of housing units, their role in preserving expiring LIHTC properties is untested. In this report we: 1) examine the potential role of CLTs in preserving LIHTC properties; 2) evaluate the 20 expiring LIHTC projects within Orleans Parish to identify those best suited for conversion to tenant-ownership under a CLT model; 3) develop a recapitalization strategy for the selected projects; and 4) recommend modifications to the Louisiana Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) that extend the affordability of LIHTC properties and incentivize conversion to tenant-ownership