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Can Indian Country Housing Solutions Help Natives in Urban Areas?
In this blog post from the Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, author and CICD Director Patrice Kunesh describes how an encampment in Minneapolis sheds light on homelessness, particularly in Indian Country.
posted 11/08/2018 by Minneapolis
Sixth Annual Summit on Regional Competitiveness
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Alliance for Regional Development will host the Sixth Annual Summit on Regional Competitiveness on October 29, 2018. The Summit serves as an important event for regional stakeholders to meet, network, and identify areas for collaboration.
posted 09/21/2018 by Chicago
Rental Housing Affordability in the Southeast: Data from the Sixth District
In this paper, the authors provide a regional snapshot of housing affordability and the availability of affordable rental housing units at several scales for the Atlanta Fed's district, using data from the 2015 American Community Survey. The results demonstrate the widespread lack of affordable housing in large metropolitan areas, small and midsized regions, and nonmetro regions throughout the Southeast. The authors also show that extremely low- and very low-income households are disproportionately cost-burdened.
posted 07/30/2018 by Atlanta
Reinventing the agricultural economy in Indian Country: A conversation with Zach Ducheneaux of the Intertribal Agriculture Council
In this July 2018 interview with Community Dividend, an online publication of the Minneapolis Fed, rancher Zach Ducheneaux from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota discusses his work promoting credit access and agricultural infrastructure in Indian Country.
posted 07/19/2018 by Minneapolis
Opportunity Zones: Understanding the Potential of the New Community Development Tax Incentive
This Connecting Communities® webinar on July 26 highlighted the new Opportunity Zones tax incentive, which aims to drive long-term equity capital to distressed communities by providing tax benefits on investments in Opportunity Funds. Speakers provided details on how the tax incentive is expected to work and highlighted emerging national and local strategies to engage residents around how these funds are deployed in their communities. Presenters included Rachel Reilly, Director, Impact Investing, Enterprise Community Partners; Eric Robertson, President, Communtiy LIFT; and Amanda Roberts, Senior Community Development Analyst, Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
posted 07/10/2018 by Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco, Board of Governors
The Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership
The Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has released the Tribal Leaders Handbook on Homeownership, a comprehensive guide to mortgage lending and creating successful homeownership programs in Indian Country. (For an overview of the handbook's development and features, see this CICD Blog post.)
posted 07/12/2018 by Minneapolis
