@USAccelerate

A nonprofit, nonpartisan "Do tank" that has delivered resources and solutions to 200 localities nationwide

Joined September 2017
Today's the deadline for governors to submit their OZ census tract nominations to Treasury. As OZ 2.0 takes shape, revisit our case study on Golaski Labs in Philadelphia — how @partners_mosaic, PIDC & the City turned a vacant factory into 35 units of workforce housing: acceleratorforamerica.org/oz… More OZ case studies + policy briefs coming soon.
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ROAD to Housing Act programs will roll out over the next 2 years. Cities that organize now on public land, permitting & lending will be ready when funding lands. Read the Mayor's Action Guide, released by AFA & National Housing Crisis Task Force, for ways to get started: acceleratorforamerica.org/ne…
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Step 1: Read the ROAD to Local Results guide 🏘️ Step 2: Join us on *Sept. 15 at 1 p.m.* to hear from National Housing Crisis Task Force team and from practitioners on what ROAD means for their own housing priorities. Register 👉us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… acceleratorforamerica.org/ne…
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AFA Advisory Council member & @CLEMayorsOffice @JustinMBibb is showing how local leaders solve for housing and jobs together. $80M+ raised via the city's Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund → 25,000+ potential jobs. Plus a new housing innovation district cutting red tape for affordable housing. Cleveland is a city to watch. 👇 forbes.com/sites/jennifercas…
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Housing affordability & supply are top of mind for local leaders, and federal policy keeps reshaping the tools cities have to work with. Join us Tue, Sept 15 at 1pm ET: Economic Opportunity Accelerators — The ROAD to Housing Act. What's in the bill, what matters most, what to do now. Register 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Congratulations to AFA Advisory Council member, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, on being recognized as one of @GOVERNING's Public Officials of the Year! Mayor Dickens is finding innovative ways to meet his housing goals — including creating the Atlanta Housing Strike Force — and his commitment to accelerating economic opportunity for all is a great example of how local leaders can create national change.
Governing’s annual Public Officials of the Year program celebrates state and local leaders who have delivered lasting results for the people they serve. This year’s honorees show how effective public leadership can strengthen communities: bit.ly/4y7PgmE
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Growing our Advisory Council: 6 local elected officials and 3 national philanthropic leaders are joining AFA — bringing fresh expertise in economic & community development, transit & infrastructure, housing, and workforce development. Plus: @CityofMiami Mayor Eileen Higgins is our new Council Co-Chair. Meet them 👇acceleratorforamerica.org/ne…
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40 new affordable homes are coming to North City's Vandeventer neighborhood. This $17M project is being made possible by a creative mix of New Market Tax Credits, three local banks, the city's land bank, and the new Housing Guarantee Fund. Thanks to @stlmag and @bySamirKnox for spotlighting this housing tool and our partnership with @DevelopSTL and @StLouisGives. 🔗stlmag.com/news/habitat-for-…
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Public asset corporations are giving cities a new way to tackle housing — putting public land to work and pairing it with faster financing tools. Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Cincinnati are leading the way.
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As co-conveners of the National Housing Crisis Task Force, we're proud to help spotlight this work. This week, the Task Force released a new Public Asset Corporation Playbook to define the model and help more cities adopt it. 🔗nationalhousingcrisis.org/ap…
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New from @NGINetwork: a practitioner field guide on community-owned real estate, by Cuevas Peacock and Lyneir Richardson of Chicago TREND. Five models side by side, trade-offs made plain, plus a readiness check to find your community's fit. 🔗 newgrowth.org/community-inve…
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Successful cities invest in themselves. Kansas City just proved it again yesterday with $1.7B approved by voters for roads, pipes, housing & neighborhood investment. This gives local leadership what it needs to deliver on its promises. Proud to be longtime partners with @KansasCity & @QuintonLucasKC, who has been a driving force on AFA's Advisory Council for years.
Kansas City, thank you! Undefeated in Kansas City ballot initiatives, giving us the chance to rebuild our infrastructure, our housing, and our community. We will never stop focusing on a better community for all our people.
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Most local government work quietly makes a city better. Advisory Council's own @boisemayor Lauren McLean joined @CogswellWilliam to explain in @TIME why shared learning helps mayors lead through crisis & through the everyday. Congrats @BloombergDotOrg @BHCityLeaders on 10 years.
Today, a community of hundreds of mayors strong spans the globe—building city halls with strength equal to their residents’ needs. 10 years, 447 mayors, and more than 3,000 municipal officials later, that is what the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative—and all of our Government Innovation work—is about: multiplying what local government is capable of. In @TIME, @CityOfBoise @boisemayor and @CityCharleston Mayor William Cogswell, together, on what they carried home: time.com/article/2026/07/24/…
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Economic mobility starts with the partnerships that connect capital to community. In St. Louis, AFA works alongside @DevelopStLouis & @StLouisGives to help bring public, private & philanthropic investment to neighborhoods that need it most. We are grateful to so many local partners, including @kresgefdn, who joined last week's talk about where St. Louis is headed & the collaboration needed to get there.
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Heirs' property and tangled titles are quietly costing families their homes and wealth. @Results4America and @LISC_HQ are inviting local/state govts + community orgs to apply for a free heirs' property Solutions Sprint. Apply by 8/3: results4america.org/tools/he…
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