Dispatches

This is the second entry in a series of blog posts created in collaboration with Prosperity Now’s Affordable Housing team about the role of financial capability services in affordable housing to help more low- and moderate-income households—with an emphasis on those of color—achieve financial security, wealth and prosperity. The first post looked at a promising program to boost economic opportunity for families living in publicly-assisted housing. This post can also … Continued

Photos from the CCC Fellows’ professional development panel on Wednesday, February 28th, 2018. One of the best things about getting involved with the Center for Community Capital as a student is being able to make connections with experts in the field. Last week, our CCC Fellows received a visit from a panel of professionals, including Lucy Gorham, Robin Howarth, Antoine Marshall, Mark McDaniel, and Rachel Eberhard. In dialogue with the students and each … Continued

This post was originally published by Prosperity Now, an organization with a mission to ensure everyone in our country has a clear path to financial stability, wealth and prosperity. The report that it references is forthcoming by the Center for Community Capital, but a field scan on housing organizations working to build financial capability was published in January 2018 and can be found here.  Insights from the field and emerging research show that families relying on housing services face … Continued

In our Team Spotlight series, we share stories about members of our team, both past and present. Dr. Kevin Park is an economist at the Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He formerly worked at the Center for Community Capital as a graduate research assistant. For more in this series, see our spotlight on Dr. Allison Freeman. Kevin Park first heard about … Continued

Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” a movie about one young girl growing up in Sacramento, California in 2002, won the award for Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globes on Sunday. This award, along with its status as the highest-rated movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes and a New York Times review calling it “Big-Screen Perfection,” has made the film a phenomenon. Reviewers have been quick to … Continued

It’s been quite a year for us here at the Center. There’s so much to share, it’s hard to know where to start. So we decided to put together a list of the top ten most exciting developments of the year, it’s been a great one! We welcomed Eileen to the Center! We’ve published a book, A Place Called Home, with Oxford University Press on the social impacts of homeownership. We … Continued