Farm workers become tenants in the nation's first certified zero net energy rentals
In California, where residential rental costs have significantly outpaced income growth, the housing crisis for agricultural workers and their families has long been at a crisis point
Attracting homebuyers through mixed-income developments
Like many areas around the country, Montgomery County, Maryland, faced challenges in providing enough affordable housing to its residents, especially first-time homebuyers and county employees.
Place-based strategies address multiple community priorities
To address include a lack of green space, limited access to healthy food and a significant number of previously incarcerated men whose past reduced access to employment and kept them disenfranchised from civic life.
Developing community leadership to meet local challenges
Transformative community revitalization efforts must include the engagement of local residents to be truly successful and avoid gentrification-triggered displacement.
To promote equitable growth in the greater Seattle region, HomeSight organized a collaborative in 2010 that advocated for a race and social equity focus in the region's Sustainable Communities Planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.