Webinar: Game Changing Advancement in Fostering Access to Opportunity

WelcomeEveryone!

GameChangingAdvancementinFosteringAccesstoOpportunity:HUD’sAffirmativelyFurthering

FairHousingRuleModerator:

AmyKenyon– ProgramOfficer,EquitableDevelopment,FordFoundation

Speakers:

Kalima Rose,SeniorDirectoroftheCenterforInfrastructureEquity,PolicyLink

GaryCunningham,MetropolitanCouncil,TwinCities

GustavoValesquez,AssistantSecretaryforFairHousingandEqualOpportunity| HUD

Diedre Swesnik,ProgramOfficer,EqualityFund,OpenSocietyFoundation

Moderator:AmyKenyon,ProgramOfficerFordFoundation

Amy Kenyon works on the EquitableDevelopment team. She has focused onreforming the rules that shape regionaldevelopment in US metropolitan areas inorder to expand economic opportunitiesfor low-income people. Her grant makinghas supported integrated approaches toequitable development, throughimproving access to permanentlyaffordable housing and transit choicesand deepening community engagement inland use planning processes.

Kalima Rose,SeniorDirectoroftheCenterforInfrastructureEquity,PolicyLink

Kalima Rose, works with diverse leadership to steerresources for transportation, housing, climate justiceand cultural amenities to communities of opportunity.Kalima helps groups win and implement federal, state,and local resources for greater workforce participation,accessibility, and new investments that serve low-income communities and communities of color. TheCenter drives the organization’s regional equity, fairhousing, and new infrastructure investments thatstrengthen economic resilience. Kalima led theorganization’s Gulf Coast recovery work to shape amore equitable post-Katrina rebuilding of New Orleansand Louisiana. With three decades of economic,housing, and land-use policy expertise, she created thePolicyLink Equitable Development Toolkit, an onlineresource that highlights best social equity practices.Kalima has a degree in narratives and culture from theUniversity of California, Berkeley, and loves to supportthriving expressions of arts and culture to inspire racialequity across America.

DrivingEquityOutcomes:FairHousingAssessments

andtheAffirmatively FurtheringFairHousingRule

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.

Racial/ethniccomposition: California,1980-2040

Leading the nation in demographic change

Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Woods & Poole Economics, Inc.

Racial/ethniccomposition:U.S.1980-2040

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NeighborhoodAssetMaps:Composite IndexBasedMaps(1to100IndexScore– ModeledAfterOpportunity

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RCAP’s:Areasthatare50%non-Whiteandmorethan40%impoverished

(orareaswithpovertyratesmorethan3Xtheregionalaverage)

Diversestakeholdersyieldstrongassessments

Fair Housing Assessment

Councils of Government

School Districts

Transit Agencies

Housing Authorities

Cities, Counties

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Fair Housing Organizations

Economic Development

AgenciesHousing Finance Agencies

Community Equity

Leaders

Affordable Housing

Developers

Health Departments

Environmental Justice

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HistoricMovement!74regions-pilot,theruleshowspromise

MetroSt.LouisFairHousingAssessment

ImplementationPlan

Howdidguidance,requirements,HUDexpectationsshapeoutcomes?

PilotsinformedAffirmativelyFurtheringFairHousingRule2016

Nowprovideprogramparticipants“withaneffectiveplanningapproachtoaidthemintakingmeaningfulactionstoovercomehistoricpatterns

ofsegregation,promotefairhousingchoice,andfosterinclusivecommunitiesthatarefreefromdiscrimination.”

• Reinvestinhighpovertycommunities

• Expandmobilityoptionstohigheropportunityneighborhoods

• ProtectCommunitiesofColorfromDisplacementwithtargetedstrategies

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ThankYou!

Questions:KalimaRose,SeniorDirector,PolicyLink|kalima@policylink.org

GustavoF.Velasquez,AssistantSecretaryforFairHousingandEqualOpportunity

He was nominated by President Obama andconfirmed by the United States Senate tobecome Assistant Secretary for Fair Housingand Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Departmentof Housing and Urban Development. Prior tohis nomination, Velasquez was ExecutiveDirector of the Latino Economic DevelopmentCenter (LEDC), a non-for-profit organizationbased in Washington, DC dedicated to servethousands of Latinos and other immigrantsand underserved populations gain thenecessary skills and capital to start andmaintain their own businesses. LEDC alsoadvocates for and supports communities tosecure affordable and accessible housing.

GaryCunningham,RepresentingDistrict7MetropolitanCouncil

Cunningham is President and CEO of theMetropolitan Economic DevelopmentAssociation (MEDA), which providesassistance to businesses owned andmanaged by entrepreneurs of colornationwide. He previously served as VicePresident and Chief Program Officer for theNorthwest Area Foundation, which focuseson supporting organizations to reducepoverty and achieve sustainable prosperityin an eight-state region (2007-2014). Heheld leadership roles with the U.S.Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment, the Massachusetts TurnpikeAuthority, and the City of Minneapolis.

GaryCunninghamRepresentingDistrict7,MetropolitanCouncil

FosteringAccesstoOpportunity:Choice,PlaceandOpportunityinthe

TwinCitiesregion

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AbouttheMetropolitanCouncil:

MetroTransit:Busesandtrains

WastewaterTreatment

RegionalParks

Housing

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AbouttheMetropolitanCouncil:

Regionalplanningandcoordinatinggrowthanddevelopmentwithlocalgovernmentsinlocalcomprehensiveplansanddevelopmentprojects

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Integrationoffundingreceivedthrough:• HUD’sSustainableCommunitiesRegionalPlanningGrant($5milliongrant)

• LivingCitiesIntegrationInitiative(upto$16millioningrantsandloans)

Vision:Transitway corridorswillguideourregion’sgrowth,vitalityandcompetitiveness. Developmentalongtransitwayswillcreatedistinctiveplacesandstrengthenlocalassetswhileincreasingridershipandexpandingaccesstojobs,affordablehousing,andessential servicesforresidentsofallincomesandbackgrounds.

CorridorsofOpportunity(2011-13)

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PolicyBoard• Community,economic&

workforcedevelopers• Communityengagement• Government(state,

Council,counties,cities)• Philanthropy• Privatesector

CommunityEngagement• LedbyAllianceforMetropolitanStability,theMinnesotaCenterforNeighborhoodOrganizingandNexusCommunityPartners

• SteeringCommitteeofcommunityleaders

StakeholdersinCorridorsofOpportunity:

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Theprincipleistoensurethateveryoneregardlessofrace,economicstatus,abilityortheneighborhoodinwhichtheylivehasaaccesstoessentialingredientsforenvironmental,economic,socialandculturalwell-beingincluding:• livingwagejobs• entrepreneurialopportunities• viablehousingchoices

• publictransportation• goodschools• strongsocialnetworks• safeandwalkablestreets• services• parks• accesstohealthyfood

CorridorsofOpportunity:EquitableDevelopment

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Choice,PlaceandOpportunity:Process

• AFairHousingandEquityAssessmentwasarequirementoftheHUDSustainableCommunitiesRegionalPlanningGrant

• AnalysisledbytheMetropolitanCouncilwithdataandengagementpartners

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Choice,PlaceandOpportunity:Keyfindings

• Racialandethnicdisparitiesthreatenourthrivingregion

• Suburbanizingpoverty• Growingracialsegregation• Areasofconcentratedpovertyareexpanding

• Peopleofcolorfacebarrierstohousingchoice

• Accesstoopportunitiesvarybygeographyandrace

• Advancingequitytakesconcertedeffortandsharedcommitment

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ThriveMSP2040:Ourregionalvision

Five outcomes:• Stewardship• Prosperity• Equity• Livability• SustainabilityThree principles:• Integration• Collaboration• Accountability

Learnmoreatwww.thrivemsp.org

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ThriveMSP2040:EquityEquity connectsallresidentstoopportunityandcreates

viablehousing,transportation,andrecreationoptions forpeopleofallraces,ethnicities,incomes,andabilitiessothatallcommunitiessharetheopportunitiesandchallengesofgrowthandchange.

Forourregiontoreachitsfulleconomicpotential,allofourresidentsmustbeabletoaccessopportunity.Ourregionisstrongerwhenallpeopleliveincommunitiesthatprovidethemaccesstoopportunitiesforsuccess,prosperity,andqualityoflife.

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TheRegionalSolicitationforTransportationFundingdistributes$150million (overtwoyears)infederaltransportationfunding

Startingwiththe2014Solicitation,3to13%oftheprojectpointscomefromequitycriteria:• Benefitstolow-income

populations;peopleofcolor;children,peoplewithdisabilities,andtheelderly

• ProximitytoAreasofConcentratedPoverty,morepointsfromthosewhere50%ormoreofresidentsarepeopleofcolor

AddingEquitytoInvestments:

Startingwiththe2014Solicitation,7% ofpointscomefromtheHousingPerformance ofthecitieswhereprojectsarelocated.

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EquityAdvisoryCommitteeNEW!

• CreatedOctober2014andappointedMarch2016• Purpose:AdvisetheMetropolitanCouncilinitsworktoadvanceequityinthemetropolitanregionandmeettheCouncil’sequitycommitmentsinThriveMSP2040

• AffirmsthecommitmentinThriveMSP2040tomakeresidentsandcommunitiesfullpartnersindecisionmakingwhichmayaffectthem

• Theultimategoalofthisworkistocreatemoreequitableoutcomesforthepeoplewholiveandworkintheregion

• 21members(4areCouncilMembers)

Formoreinformation:www.metrocouncil.org

gary.cunningham@metc.state.mn.us

DeidreSwesnik,ProgramOfficerOpenSocietyFoundations

DeidreSwesnik isaprogramofficerwiththeEqualityFundoftheOpenSocietyFoundations’U.S.Programs,overseeingitscommunityequityportfolio.BeforejoiningOpenSociety,DeeDeewasdirectorofpublicpolicyandcommunicationsattheNationalFairHousingAlliance,wheresheadvocatedforanendtodiscriminatoryhousingpractices.ShealsostaffedtheFairHousingTaskForceoftheLeadershipConferenceonCivilRights. DeeDeewaspreviouslyapolicyassociateatRapozaAssociatesworkingonlow-incomehousing,communitydevelopment,andruralhousing.

FourRightsofeveryresident

1. Therighttostay2. Therighttochoose3. Therighttoequaltreatment4. Therighttohaveasay

TexasOrganizingProjectTexasLowIncomeHousingInformationService

TexasAppleseed

Formoreinformation:

deidre.swesnik@opensocietyfoundations.org

www.opensocietyfoundations.org

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