Resident-Owned Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) include Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs) and Community and Individual Investment Corporations (CIICs) and aid in community development by generating and maintaining wealth within the community. Community residents,...
The IZ tool demonstrates how communities can use zoning to promote mixed-income communities. It allows for communities to counter the declining public sector investment in affordable housing, and thus enable low-income and moderate-income families...
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...
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...
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...
The TOD tool is one that is used to best strategize for smart growth, urban revitalization, and creating access and opportunity for low-income residents. Considerations include the historical TOD implementation that has caused gentrification...
Rails to trails offers national data and strategy for the development of active transportation paths (walking/biking) in rural towns. Increasing access to active transportation paths allows residents to increase daily activity, as well as...
This tool offers strategy on how to formulate policies that improve the safety and accessibility of rural streets. Rural residents tend to be older, lower income, and more at risk of accidents related to...
This call to action aims to promote walking as a means of daily exercise and transportation. Walking or wheelchair rolling is an effective way to improve health for citizens of all ages. This tool...
