Employers help revitalize Philadelphia neighborhoods-
- By Christopher Waters
- Aug 28, 2012
- Last July, the City of Philadelphia re-launched Home∙Buy∙Now, our Employer-Assisted Housing (EAH) program, a public-private partnership to help working families buy homes in Philadelphia. The City’s $150,000 has leveraged $320,000 in employer dollars, which has led to $10 million in home…
City of Lockport adopts employer-assisted housing-
The City of Lockport will launch an EAH initiative that includes a matching fund for area employees whose companies offer an EAH benefit, and a measure to assist with the purchase of previously foreclosed homes.
Local ideas inform regional and national trends-
Building on lessons learned by local leaders, MPC, and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus during the first round of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning submits massive regional proposal for NSP 2.
- Goal-Driven, Right-Sized and Coordinated: Federal Investment Reform for the 21st Century
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- In the midst of an unprecedented economic downturn, community, civic, government, nonprofit and foundation leaders across metropolitan Chicago are planting encouraging seeds of innovation. MPC has released a white paper documenting some of those innovative local efforts, and is seeking more examples to further build the case for federal investment reform.
- City of Highland Park helps employees purchase in the city they serve
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MPC helped the City of Highland Park develop a new EAH program that, layered with a matching grant from the city's Affordable Housing Trust and a townhome through the Highland Park Illinois Community Land Trust, turned one long-term employee into a happy homeowner.
- New tax credit boosts EAH benefit
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- The Metropolitan Planning Council can help employers leverage new federal incentives to support employee home purchases.
- Employer-Assisted Housing savings program helps Marriott win Best Place to Work award
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- MPC provides technical assistance to companies in the Chicago region and around the country, sharing best practices and innovative models.
- Vision Driving Development helps Lawndale plan for its future
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MPC’s newest report, Vision Driving Development, summarizes the Corridor Development Initiative MPC co-hosted in Lawndale.
- Mount Prospect named Best Place in America to Raise Kids
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- BusinessWeek has recognized northwest suburban Mount Prospect, one of MPC’s employer-assisted housing partners, as an affordable and safe community with a great public education system.
- Building Successful Mixed-Income Communities: A compilation of MPC forums and publications
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To explore the many ingredients necessary to promote successful mixed-income communities, MPC and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation co-hosted over a dozen forums, in collaboration with the CHA, showcasing national best practices, local innovation and opportunities to explore how housing developers, policymakers, community-based organizations and other stakeholders could promote the success of the Plan for Transformation. Frequently, these forums also provided an opportunity to release relevant publications and data..