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EQUITY e-newsletter: Summer ‘07
Disability and Asset Building Communities Working Together http://www.wid.org/equity (http://www.wid.org/equity)
In the Summer EQUITY:
Creating Affordable, Accessible Housing Through Collaboration http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity (http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity)
FEATURE ARTICLE:
Utilizing Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to Create Affordable, Accessible Rental Housing for People with Disabilities.
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-feature-article/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-feature-article/)
Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative Associate Director, explains Low Income Housing Tax Credits and provides examples of collaboratives working to make housing developments affordable for very low income people with disabilities.
SPECIAL SECTION:
SEVRA 2007- H.R. 1851
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-special-section/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-special-section/)
The Section Eight Voucher Reform Act of 2007, proposes sweeping changes to HUD's housing subsidy program. Here are a few changes which may affect people with disabilities.
PROGRAM OF THE MONTH:
The Montana Home Choice Coalition: It’s All About Relationships.
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-program-of-the-month/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-program-of-the-month/)
Michael M. O’Neil, State Director of the Montana Home Choice Coalition, describes how building strong housing collaboratives can lead to homeownership for people with disabilities.
PROFILE OF THE MONTH:
Montana Pioneer: Willis Bonner.
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-profile-of-the-month/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-profile-of-the-month/)
Willis Bonner serves as a powerful role model for people with disabilities across the country and proves with a lot of persistence and creativity- not to mention, help from organizations like A.W.A.R.E. and the Montana Home Choice Coalition- the American Dream of owning a home of your own can become a reality.
TIP OF THE MONTH:
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-tip-of-the-month/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-tip-of-the-month/)
National Housing Trust Fund: A Potential New Source of Affordable Housing Funds
EQUITY RESPONDS: WID Answers Your Questions http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-responds-wid-answers-your-questions/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-responds-wid-answers-your-questions/)
After reading EQUITY’s Feature article about the Low Income Housing Tax credit, how do I find these housing projects?
LEARNING & NETWORKING RESOURCES:
http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-resources/current-resources (http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-resources/current-resources)
Informative websites of interest to both communities
CONFERENCES & EVENTS:
http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/upcoming-conferences/upcoming-conferences (http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/upcoming-conferences/upcoming-conferences)
World Institute on Disability (WID) is a non-profit public policy center dedicated to the promotion of independence and full inclusion in society of people with disabilities.
WID's Access to Assets (ATA) program provides training and technical assistance to asset building and disability organizations seeking to improve the inclusion of people with disabilities in poverty reduction programs. In addition, ATA provides information and referral services to individuals with disabilities and conducts federal and state policy analysis on related issues.
Toll-Free Technical Assistance Hotline: 1-866-723-1201 Do you have questions about asset building strategies or serving people with disabilities?
Please contact:
Thomas Foley
World Institute on Disability
Access to Assets Project Manager
tom@wid.org
Is there an article, conference, or website that you would like to have included in EQUITY? All comments and suggestions are welcome.
We encourage the widest possible dissemination of EQUITY- please forward this message to colleagues and friends.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to EQUITY, please send an email to equity@wid.org EQUITY is disseminated in plain text in an effort to be as accessible as possible to a variety of audiences. If you have difficulty reading this email or accessing our website, please send comments to equity@wid.org
EQUITY is a publication of World Institute on Disability's Access to Assets Program and is supported by the Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project.
The Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project (AATPP) http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/projects/assetdevtaxpol.html (http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/projects/assetdevtaxpol.html)
is a partnership of The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center
(disability.law.uiowa.edu) at the University of Iowa College of Law, The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (bbi.syr.edu), the Southern New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, the World Institute on Disability, and the National Cooperative Bank Development Corporation.
AATPP is 100 percent funded by U.S. Department of Education grant #H133A031732. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIDRR or University of Iowa.
EQUITY is also generously funded by the J.W. and Ida M. Jameson Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Friedman Family Foundation and the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation.
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Thomas Foley
Access to Assets Project Manager
World Institute on Disability
510-16th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
phone: 510-251-4312
fax: 510-763-4109
email:*tom@wid.org (tom@wid.org)
http://www.wid.org/] (blocked::http://www.wid.org/[/u]
EQUITY e-newsletter online:
www.wid.org/equity (blocked::outbind://19/www.wid.org/equity)
Toll-Free: 1-866-723-1201
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Disability and Asset Building Communities Working Together http://www.wid.org/equity (http://www.wid.org/equity)
In the Summer EQUITY:
Creating Affordable, Accessible Housing Through Collaboration http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity (http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity)
FEATURE ARTICLE:
Utilizing Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to Create Affordable, Accessible Rental Housing for People with Disabilities.
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-feature-article/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-feature-article/)
Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative Associate Director, explains Low Income Housing Tax Credits and provides examples of collaboratives working to make housing developments affordable for very low income people with disabilities.
SPECIAL SECTION:
SEVRA 2007- H.R. 1851
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-special-section/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-special-section/)
The Section Eight Voucher Reform Act of 2007, proposes sweeping changes to HUD's housing subsidy program. Here are a few changes which may affect people with disabilities.
PROGRAM OF THE MONTH:
The Montana Home Choice Coalition: It’s All About Relationships.
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-program-of-the-month/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-summer-2007-program-of-the-month/)
Michael M. O’Neil, State Director of the Montana Home Choice Coalition, describes how building strong housing collaboratives can lead to homeownership for people with disabilities.
PROFILE OF THE MONTH:
Montana Pioneer: Willis Bonner.
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-profile-of-the-month/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-profile-of-the-month/)
Willis Bonner serves as a powerful role model for people with disabilities across the country and proves with a lot of persistence and creativity- not to mention, help from organizations like A.W.A.R.E. and the Montana Home Choice Coalition- the American Dream of owning a home of your own can become a reality.
TIP OF THE MONTH:
http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-tip-of-the-month/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-tip-of-the-month/)
National Housing Trust Fund: A Potential New Source of Affordable Housing Funds
EQUITY RESPONDS: WID Answers Your Questions http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-responds-wid-answers-your-questions/ (http://wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-e-newsletter-summer-2007/equity-responds-wid-answers-your-questions/)
After reading EQUITY’s Feature article about the Low Income Housing Tax credit, how do I find these housing projects?
LEARNING & NETWORKING RESOURCES:
http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-resources/current-resources (http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/equity-resources/current-resources)
Informative websites of interest to both communities
CONFERENCES & EVENTS:
http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/upcoming-conferences/upcoming-conferences (http://www.wid.org/programs/access-to-assets/equity/upcoming-conferences/upcoming-conferences)
World Institute on Disability (WID) is a non-profit public policy center dedicated to the promotion of independence and full inclusion in society of people with disabilities.
WID's Access to Assets (ATA) program provides training and technical assistance to asset building and disability organizations seeking to improve the inclusion of people with disabilities in poverty reduction programs. In addition, ATA provides information and referral services to individuals with disabilities and conducts federal and state policy analysis on related issues.
Toll-Free Technical Assistance Hotline: 1-866-723-1201 Do you have questions about asset building strategies or serving people with disabilities?
Please contact:
Thomas Foley
World Institute on Disability
Access to Assets Project Manager
tom@wid.org
Is there an article, conference, or website that you would like to have included in EQUITY? All comments and suggestions are welcome.
We encourage the widest possible dissemination of EQUITY- please forward this message to colleagues and friends.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to EQUITY, please send an email to equity@wid.org EQUITY is disseminated in plain text in an effort to be as accessible as possible to a variety of audiences. If you have difficulty reading this email or accessing our website, please send comments to equity@wid.org
EQUITY is a publication of World Institute on Disability's Access to Assets Program and is supported by the Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project.
The Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project (AATPP) http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/projects/assetdevtaxpol.html (http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/projects/assetdevtaxpol.html)
is a partnership of The Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center
(disability.law.uiowa.edu) at the University of Iowa College of Law, The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (bbi.syr.edu), the Southern New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, the World Institute on Disability, and the National Cooperative Bank Development Corporation.
AATPP is 100 percent funded by U.S. Department of Education grant #H133A031732. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIDRR or University of Iowa.
EQUITY is also generously funded by the J.W. and Ida M. Jameson Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Friedman Family Foundation and the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation.
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--
Thomas Foley
Access to Assets Project Manager
World Institute on Disability
510-16th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
phone: 510-251-4312
fax: 510-763-4109
email:*tom@wid.org (tom@wid.org)
http://www.wid.org/] (blocked::http://www.wid.org/[/u]
EQUITY e-newsletter online:
www.wid.org/equity (blocked::outbind://19/www.wid.org/equity)
Toll-Free: 1-866-723-1201
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