The Community Mapping tool allows communities of all sizes, cultural backgrounds, and socioeconomic status to promote equitable development. Community maps can be hand drawn or computer generated, and provide the ability to share and...
The CRA is an online tool that low-income communities can use to secure loans for home construction, purchase, and improvement; for establishing neighborhood businesses; and for supporting community institutions. Some considerations for this tool...
This tool aims to protect renters by ensuring that landlords can only evict with proper cause. Just cause eviction controls are an important tool for promoting tenant stability – particularly in low vacancy and...
Housing code enforcement compels landlords to improve building conditions, and can be triggered to transfer building ownership from an exploitative owner to a responsible nonprofit developer, tenant association, or community group – both improving...
Rent control protects tenants from excessive rent increases, and can help prevent displacement. This tool can be used in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification to help maintain affordability, and can lead to enhanced capacity of community...
This guidebook from AARP is designed to foster housing-health partnerships that can help meet the health and wellness needs of residents living in affordable senior housing properties. It provides education on payment and delivery...
The Corporation for Supportive Housing’s toolkit provides organizations with access to tools, informational materials and sample documents that can help them address key challenges in the planning, development and on-going operation of supportive housing...
