This City Case explores the first four years of the Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT), a neighborhood trust started in 2019 with the mission to acquire and redevelop real estate on Kensington Avenue, a disinvested commercial corridor in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood and place it into long-term community control to preserve affordability while building neighborhood power … Continue reading The Kensington Corridor Trust: The First Four Years
Karen Black
KENSINGTON CORRIDOR TRUST
THE FIRST FOUR YEARS
This City Case explores the first four years of the Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT). KCT is a neighborhood trust started in 2019 whose mission is to acquire and redevelop real estate on a disinvested commercial corridor and place it into long-term community control to preserve culture and affordability while building neighborhood power and wealth. KCT … Continue reading KENSINGTON CORRIDOR TRUST
THE FIRST FOUR YEARS
Tennessee Preemption Law Reversed
May 8 has had the extraordinary opportunity to work with the City of Chattanooga’s Chief Housing Officer Nicole Heyman since 2022 to create the city’s first comprehensive policy, program and funding framework to address its affordable housing challenges. Chattanooga is making extraordinary progress understanding and responding to its sizable housing deficit. Yet Tennessee state law … Continue reading Tennessee Preemption Law Reversed
Evaluating the Impact of Critical Home Repairs on the Wealth and Financial Well-Being of Low-Income Black Homeowners in Richmond Virginia: A Mixed Methods Study
This study seeks to determine the causal effect that critical home repairs have on the preservation of Black wealth in neighborhoods vulnerable to displacement. May 8 is working with the Partnership for Housing Affordability in Richmond Virginia with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Utilizing data obtained from surveys conducted among low-income Black households … Continue reading Evaluating the Impact of Critical Home Repairs on the Wealth and Financial Well-Being of Low-Income Black Homeowners in Richmond Virginia: A Mixed Methods Study
Working with NYU Furman Center’s Housing Solutions Lab
May 8 has been working with NYU Furman Center’s Housing Solutions Lab since 2022 to develop innovative and equitable local housing solutions for 16 cities. The program aims to help city leaders advance effective housing policies that promote racial equity; increase access to opportunity; and improve health and well-being for residents. May 8 engages with … Continue reading Working with NYU Furman Center’s Housing Solutions Lab
Designing a New Federal Reserve Bank Housing Pilot
Starting in June 2023, May 8 has been working with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia as they design and pilot a new program to expand local capacity to implement tactical next steps to increase housing access for low- to moderate-income households. May 8 facilitated focus groups with stakeholders to explore local housing needs, challenges … Continue reading Designing a New Federal Reserve Bank Housing Pilot
Equitable Development Platform Released
May 8 is proud to partner with PACDC on a new Equitable Development Policy Platform that is founded on the truth that we all deserve a city in which affordable housing, work that pays a living wage, and safe neighborhoods are attainable for every resident.
Philadelphia Equitable Development Platform 2023
PACDC’s Equitable Development Policy Platform offers 22 recommendations to lay the foundation for a thriving and inclusive future for Philadelphia that benefits all communities, all residents and all workers. Over 100 community leaders and residents were interviewed to identify 22 recommendations that fall into six categories: Quality of Life, Inclusive Communities, Anti-Displacement, Housing, Economic Development … Continue reading Philadelphia Equitable Development Platform 2023
How To Design Programs for Equitable, Effective Neighborhood Stabilization?
If you missed my session at the Community Progress Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference in Chicago on September 8th, here is the presentation I gave with my amazing co-presenters Emily Dowdall, Reinvestment Fund and Christa Stoneham, Houston Land Bank.
Can You Create a Culture of Property Maintenance in your Community?
Topeka Kansas is working with May 8 to reduce vacant and deteriorating properties, abandoned vehicles and illegal dumping as its first step toward safe and healthy neighborhoods.