Grounded Solutions Network
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Our mission is to advance housing solutions that are equitable, inclusive, rich in opportunity, cultivate communities, and last for generations.
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🗣️ New Webinar Alert: On 11/6 from 3–4 pm ET, we’ll host a webinar exploring the vital role Housing Finance Authorities play in scaling homes with lasting affordability by supporting both production and buyers. 

📝 Register at groundedsolutions.org/event/scalin...
✅ The full text of the Act can be found here: www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
✅ A section-by-section analysis is available here: www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/do... (3/4)
🏘️ The #ROADtoHousingAct comprises 40 pieces of legislation aimed at removing regulatory barriers, incentivizing building, expanding access to homeownership, and other activities that would increase supply and bring down costs. (2/4)
‼️ The ROAD to Housing Act was included in the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We hope the House will continue the good work by bringing their own improvements to this important legislative initiative. (1/4)
#MemberSpotlight: This month, we're featuring a conversation with @homesteadclt.bsky.social CEO Kathleen Hosfeld about her organization’s goals, challenges, and accomplishments, as well as her personal journey to the field of affordable housing.

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Conversation with Homestead Community Land Trust CEO: Kathleen Hosfeld – Grounded Solutions Network
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Did you know that Grounded Solutions Network members receive an automatic discount on Training Institute Online courses? And if more than one person from your organization registers, you receive an additional discount! Spaces are filling up quickly, so register today! learning.groundedsolutions.org
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Devin Culbertson of @groundedsolutions.bsky.social and Integrated Purposes Devin Murphy outline a three step approach to build a sustainable financing market for community ownership housing models.

Could it deliver a new wave of community wealth generation?

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Financing the future of community ownership
Financing community ownership: Scaling models that build wealth and expand affordable housing.
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🤔 Curious about how your shared equity housing organization or program can secure a partnership with a lending institution? Register for our Sept. 24 “Ask Me Anything” session about mortgage lending for lasting affordability. groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
✨ This month’s Member Spotlight from the Mueller Foundation in Austin, TX, illustrates how a community, city, and developer can work together to create a stable, inclusive, economically viable, and desirable mixed-income neighborhood. groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
👏👏👏 Congrats to our member organization South Tower Community Land Trust for bringing Fresno’s first-ever community land trust-owned home to market.

#LastingAffordability #CLTs #AffordableHousing
👏 We applaud Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Ranking Member @warren.senate.gov's leadership on a robust housing package to tackle our nation’s housing crisis.

📜 The #ROADtoHousingAct specifically elevates shared equity programs in key sections. Read our statement: bit.ly/46xVsdi
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📰 Great article by @shelterforce.bsky.social and @nextcity.org laying out exactly how the Trump Administration's new tax law will severely undercut affordable housing progress.
The president's tax law raises funding for LIHTC, but steep cuts to social programs will more than outweigh the benefits. Shelterforce and @nextcity.org take a closer look at what's in the tax law, along with a second bill that would slash housing funding if passed. Read here: bit.ly/44YyPO1
How Trump’s Tax Law Will Deepen Housing Insecurity
Steep cuts are planned for social programs. Here's a look at what's in the tax law, along with a second bill that would slash housing funding if passed.
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📢 🗓️ Are you in the process of launching a shared equity program or organization? Join us from 2–4 pm ET on July 30 for a free “Ask Me Anything” session about using the right legal documents to effectively capture your mission and goals.

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise energy and borrowing costs, hurting renters, homeowners, builders, and operators of housing of all types. This will, in turn, worsen our current housing crisis.

Read our statement: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...

#AffordableHousing #OBBBA
Grounded Solutions Network Issues Statement in Response to Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act  – Grounded Solutions Network
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✨ This month's member spotlight: Front Step Community Land Trust

📰 Learn about the organization’s recent rebrand here: groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...

📽️ Watch below to learn how Front Step is creating more permanently affordable housing in Missoula, MT. 👇 youtu.be/xAqGXw4QOZs
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🏡 We’re investing in a better future for generations to come, one home at a time.

Interested? Learn more here: youtu.be/XN0J1--1LVg?...

#AffordableHousing #HomesForTheFuture #SharedEquity #HousingJustice #CommunityFirst #GroundedSolutions #RentToOwn #EquityForAll #NationalHomeownershipMonth
#ICYMI, our Homes for the Future fund recently won an Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in the finance category. We're so honored! If you're interested in our story, check out our winner video below.

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2025 Ivory Prize Winner in Finance - Grounded Solutions Network
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🙏 Shout out to the sponsors who helped us bring together 460+ practitioners, advocates, policymakers and funders for last week’s #PolicyPracticePower conference. We couldn't have done it without you. #ThankYou
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📢 @shelterforce.bsky.social is gathering ideas for its upcoming series on community ownership! Complete the survey below by June 9 to share your thoughts on impactful innovations in this space. ⤵️

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#CommunityLandTrusts #SharedEquityHousing
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Call For Ideas Survey
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🙌 Thank you to every single one of the 463 attendees who helped make this year’s #PolicyPracticePower conference a success!

Our speakers provided practical advice, thought-provoking analyses, and a much-needed infusion of hope to fuel our important work nationwide.

#StrongerTogether
‼️ Our newly launched pilot program with @nhtus.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social will provide loans and technical assistance to four community land trusts seeking to expand their housing portfolios and organizational capacity.

Learn more about it: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Ivory Prize, representing this year's most promising solutions in housing innovation and affordability: @groundedsolutions.bsky.social, Reframe Systems, and the Florida Live Local Act.

Learn more about the winners at:
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