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Community Stabilization: Building Healthy Communities National Association for State Community Service Programs Mid-Winter Training Conference March 2, 2012 Working Together for Stronger Communities Agenda • What is Community Stabilization? • How does Community Stabilization Build Healthy Communities? – Beyond Housing • Best Practices Credit: NHS New Horizons Working Together for Stronger Communities NeighborWorks America • Congressionally chartered and appropriated nonprofit community development intermediary • Supports a network of 235 nonprofit affiliates serving more than 4,000 urban, suburban, and rural communities across the country • Trainer for housing and community development professionals • A leader in national foreclosure response Working Together for Stronger Communities Stable Communities Initiative • Vision: to promote comprehensive community stabilization strategies to produce new homeowners, quality affordable rental housing, and sustainable, revitalized communities. • Provide technical assistance, training, information and financial resources to support to organizations engaged in community stabilization activities. Working Together for Stronger Communities What is Community Stabilization? • A set of interventions designed to stop a downward spiral of distress and restore a healthy market dynamic. • Current focus is foreclosure response. • Even as communities work to recover from the foreclosure crisis, they must respond to other challenges that affect their future. Working Together for Stronger Communities Operation Facelift Credit: NHS of Greater Berks Building Healthy Communities Social Equity Environmental Health Economic Health Sustainability Working Together for Stronger Communities Healthy Communities are best achieved when strategies are… • • • • • Comprehensive Concentration Collaboration Capacity Capital Working Together for Stronger Communities Placed Based Approaches • Focused on a well-defined target area where coordinated actions are likely to have a measurable impact in improving the quality of life. Working Together for Stronger Communities • Federal Programs: – HUD: Choice Neighborhoods, HOPE VI, Empowerment Zones – Education: Promise Neighborhoods – Justice: Weed and Seed – HUD, DOT, EPA: Partnership for Sustainable Communities Beyond Housing • Comprehensive stabilization work originally focused on the Pagedale neighborhood. • The city requested help with housing, but Beyond Housing advocated for a more comprehensive approach. • Engaged residents to create a neighborhood plan. • Six years later, Pagedale is a very different community… Working Together for Stronger Communities Pagedale Results • Built or renovated more than 100 homes • Organized volunteers to help homeowners repair their properties. • Created the Pagedale Family Support Center • Established Individual Development Accounts • New grocery store Working Together for Stronger Communities Grand Opening of the Pagedale Save A Lot Credit: Beyond Housing The 24:1 Initiative • A community-driven partnership that will target 24 first-ring suburbs in the Normandy School District. • Shared vision of “Strong Communities, Engaged Families and Successful Children.” • Early accomplishments include providing 80 families with matched college savings accounts. Working Together for Stronger Communities Best Practices • NeighborWorks Organizations like Beyond Housing are building on successful housing strategies to holistically address their communities’ needs. • A successful comprehensive community stabilization initiative engages residents in planning for and securing their community’s future. • Supporting low-income families through rent subsidies, IDAs, and community services helps protect against further neighborhood decline. Working Together for Stronger Communities Training Resources • National Training Institute – The Essential Tools of Successful Neighborhood Revitalization – Getting Things Done in Neighborhoods through Strategic Collaborations – Leveraging Market Forces to Attract Investment for Neighborhood Revitalization – Measuring the Impacts of Your Revitalization Work – Strategies for More Livable Neighborhoods Working Together for Stronger Communities Stable Communities Website Working Together for Stronger Communities Ascala Sisk Senior Manager Community Stabilization NeighborWorks America [email protected] Working Together for Stronger Communities