@LISCInstitute

The LISC Institute for Community Power shares resources on transformative practices and policies that seek to advance racial and economic justice.

 New York, NY
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Joined February 2012
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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
Shelterforce@Shelterforce12 Jul 2024
"TOPA provides D.C. tenants the right to buy their buildings when they go up for sale and can be an incomparable resource for preventing displacement. But for TOPA to reach this potential, capital isn’t the problem—it’s the solution. . ." @LISC_HQ @LISC_DC bit.ly/3W1fXbf

TOPA Needs Capital to Succeed — Shelterforce

TOPA helps prevent displacement and build tenant power in D.C. Affordable capital is critical to its success.

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Shelterforce@Shelterforce15 Jul 2024
TOPA in D.C. isn't just about rights—it's about access to capital. Learn how CDFIs like @LISC_HQ are providing crucial, affordable financing to help tenants purchase their buildings and prevent displacement. bit.ly/3W1fXbf

TOPA Needs Capital to Succeed — Shelterforce

TOPA helps prevent displacement and build tenant power in D.C. Affordable capital is critical to its success.

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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ11 Jul 2024
The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) catalyzes inclusive affordable housing in DC, and access to capital is crucial to its success. That's why CDFIs like @LISC_DC, which has 42 years of success as a #TOPA lender, help deliver patient financing to tenant purchasers. [1/2]
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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
Stomp Out Slumlords@StompSlumlords7 Jul 2024
From falling ceilings and mold to new countertops: Victoria, president of the Buena Vista Co-op, showed us the new kitchens that organizing brought them. Proof that TOPA works!
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LISC DC@LISC_DC8 Jul 2024
Thank you @Shelterforce for including our voice in how capital and #TOPA empower inclusive #affordablehousing in DC!
Shelterforce@Shelterforce8 Jul 2024
In this week's edition: ♦️ Mixed Results: How an Eviction Prevention Program Is Going ♦️ TOPA Needs Capital to Succeed ♦️ How Policy Can Help Tenants Purchase Their Homes, a Webinar ♦️ Events, job listings, and more View our weekly newsletter here 📰: conta.cc/45O7Vah
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ3 Jul 2024
✍🏾 @LISCInstitute's Julia Duranti-Martínez discusses LGBTQIA+ liberation, land ownership, and community building + highlights upcoming research on efforts nationwide to achieve community ownership: lisc.org/our-stories/story/p…

Stories | Local Initiatives Support Corporation

LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ2 Jul 2024
D.C.'s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) is successful! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
LISC Institute for Community Power@LISCInstitute2 Jul 2024
#TOPA helps prevent displacement and build tenant power in D.C. Affordable capital is critical to its success. Read our op-ed with @LISC_DC in @Shelterforce here: shelterforce.org/2024/07/02/…

TOPA Needs Capital to Succeed — Shelterforce

TOPA helps prevent displacement and build tenant power in D.C. Affordable capital is critical to its success.

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ1 Jul 2024
"A safe, decent, and affordable home is key to individual health and well-being. Homelessness occurs because housing options are out of reach for the unhoused, and the severe and growing shortage of affordable housing is only exacerbating this situation." lisc.org/our-stories/story/l…

LISC Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson | Local Initiati...

The new SCOTUS ruling, rather than recognize the roots of homelessness and the resources needed to combat it, punishes those who are most vulnerable and ultimately undercuts the health of our...

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ28 Jun 2024
The Supreme Court ruling allowing jurisdictions to arrest unhoused people for sleeping outside is unjust and misguided. This will only worsen homelessness. We need additional resources for affordable housing and services, NOT criminalization of our most vulnerable people.
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ23 May 2024
In a new blog, LISC's Tahirih Ziegler + @EnterpriseNow's Jacqueline Waggoner discuss why it's critical for state leaders in California to prioritize affordable #housing preservation through the Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program: enterprisecommunity.org/blog…

Prioritizing Affordability Through the Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program |...

With thousands of Californians in jeopardy every year of losing their rental housing, now is not the time to eliminate California's Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program.

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ8 Feb 2024
Tenant Right to Purchase Act (#TOPA) coupled with #commdev investment is creating security and opportunity for communities threatened by gentrification in DC and across the country. Here are free resources on TOPA and much more: lisc.org/our-resources/insti…

LISC Institute for Community Power | Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Turning knowledge into action. The LISC Institute for Community Power shares resources on transformative practices and policies and spark development without displacement. Learning from and collabo...

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The NYS Tenant Bloc@TenantBloc8 Feb 2024
“In DC, #TOPA has preserved over 16,000 affordable units.” — Julia Duranti-Martinez of @LISC_HQ shares the findings of LISC’s recent report. TOPA would be an important tool to preserve affordable housing for New Yorkers concerned about housing costs.
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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
LISC DC@LISC_DC23 Oct 2023
"LISC DC’s experience reinforces that COPA and TOPA policies are most impactful when paired with resources for tenant organizing and legal assistance, grants and affordable financing to help tenants acquire and rehab their properties in ways that keep them affordable."
LISC Institute for Community Power@LISCInstitute23 Oct 2023
Tenants & community nonprofits are using #TOPA & #COPA to fight displacement & preserve affordability. A new @LISCResearch report shares lessons from @LISC_DC @LISCBayArea @MEDASF @SF_CCHO @chinatowncdc & calls for bold investments in housing preservation lisc.org/our-resources/resou…

Stable Homes and Resident Empowerment | Local Initiatives Support Corporation

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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy@landpolicy12 Jul 2023
Land conservation and housing organizations are increasingly working together to address the equity, affordability, and climate crises. Learn more in @audromatic3000’s new piece for Land Lines: lincolninst.edu/publications…
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ12 Jun 2023
LGBTQ+ people have a powerful history of organizing and cooperation. This #PrideMonth, a new @LISCInstitute spotlight on LGBTQ+ liberation and #commdev celebrates groups building #queer and #trans community power and development without displacement: lisc.org/our-resources/resou…
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ7 Apr 2023
.@LISCResearch's Commercial Community Ownership as a Strategy for Just Development is featured in this @npquarterly piece on community ownership! nonprofitquarterly.org/from-… Access the full report here: lisc.org/media/filer_public/…
Nonprofit Quarterly@npquarterly6 Apr 2023
Community ownership of commercial property remains rare...but across the US, it's increasingly seen as a vital strategy to support #BIPOCbusiness ownership: bit.ly/3ZHMkLP @InvestCIT @LISC_HQ #CommunityOwnership
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Nonprofit Quarterly@npquarterly6 Apr 2023
Community ownership of commercial property remains rare...but across the US, it's increasingly seen as a vital strategy to support #BIPOCbusiness ownership: bit.ly/3ZHMkLP @InvestCIT @LISC_HQ #CommunityOwnership
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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
Hammer & Hope@HammerandHope21 Mar 2023
"This is the story of how, in the midst of a pandemic, an organized group of tenants created our own inevitability in Kansas City. Not through magic, but by taking extraordinary risks and by having one another's backs." hammerandhope.org/article/is…
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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
PACDC@PhillyCDCs20 Mar 2023
THIS THURSDAY: Inclusive Economic Development: Community-Owned Commercial Spaces Thurs. March 23rd | 4pm-6pm | In-Person at Kensington Corridor Trust Co-Hosted by PACDC & @LISC_Philly REGISTER TODAY: pacdc.org/.../cdli-inclusive…
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ17 Mar 2023
“We fought for this housing, for our community. Now that it will be owned and operated by residents, it will be for a long time.” A new @LISCResearch brief shares how DC #TOPA + @LISC_DC preservation funds help tenants buy their buildings together. lisc.org/our-resources/resou…
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)@LISC_HQ13 Mar 2023
#TOPA and #COPA policies are being proposed around the country to fight displacement. A new @LISCResearch brief shares lessons and impacts from #TOPA in DC, where it has a 40+ year track record contributing to affordability and community stability. lisc.org/our-resources/resou… [1/4]

Tenant & Community Opportunity to Purchase Policies | Local Initiatives Support Corporation

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LISC Institute for Community Power retweeted
LISC DC@LISC_DC9 Mar 2023
Centering residents means inclusion in the face of ongoing gentrification pressure. Thanks to @DCDHCD for providing the capital and enabling lessons to be shared across the @LISC footprint lisc.org/our-stories/story/w…
LISC DC@LISC_DC8 Mar 2023
Great work by @Curbed's Wilfred Chan lifting up opportunities for inclusion as neighborhoods change in DC, NY and beyond. Thanks for including us!
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