CEO of @homewisenm, Nonresident Fellow at @UrbanInstitute. I'm working to help families get ahead by becoming successful homeowners.
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Many Americans are locked out of homeownership while a program designed to help them remains tilted toward big banks and insurers bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business
People trying to stop annexation by the city of the last developable parcels on Santa Fe's northside claim to support affordable housing even though their land grab would kill all chances for it. Read the facts here
sfreporter.com/news/2023/05/…
#AffordableHousing
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We need your help to stop a proposal that would absorb approximately 1,100 acres of land into the Agua Fria Village, effectively impeding the development of affordable housing on the North Side!
Find out how you can get involved here: facebook.com/events/34374623…
Thank you Bill McKibben for explaining why environmentalists must support affordable housing and denser, more efficient communities. bit.ly/3oEHimo
#sustainabledevelopment
Santa Fe’s shortage of affordable housing is causing an exodus of families. A community that drives away its children doesn’t have much of a future. tinyurl.com/484x42ny
#affordablehousing
NM established the Traditional Historic Community designation to preserve community identity NOT to thwart the development of affordable housing on neighboring land. Santa Fe’s cultural identity will be lost if only the wealthy can afford to live here bit.ly/3oizMOe
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Congratulations Manuel and family on finding your homel! We are honored to have worked with you on your homeownership journey and hope you get to create wonderful memories in your new home.
Following the link to find out how you can become a homeowner homewise.org/buy-a-home/
If SF County Commissioner Anna Hansen has her way, the new housing Santa Fe desperately needs won’t happen on the northside. Concentrating development in south Santa Fe to preserve one (or fewer) homes per acre in the north segregates our city. bit.ly/41n9Nnd
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"We need more time to explore the implications of this decision as a landowner, but more importantly, as an organization committed to ensuring low and moderate-income residents can remain in Santa Fe." –– Johanna Gilligan, Homewise Chief External Affairs Officer
Don't let NIMBYism kill chances for affordable housing on Santa Fe's northside. Read my @thenewmexican article about SF County Commission Chair Anna Hansen's efforts to derail annexation. bit.ly/3oizMOe
#santafecounty #SustainableDevelopment #affordablehousing
Our May event in Santa Fe with Matthew Desmond (@just_shelter) is sold out, but this is just the start of our education work to ensure we have the tools to make Santa Fe more affordable. Sign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date on future events: homewise.org/livability-spea…
Excited and grateful to be working with the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority on energy efficient housing rehab and new homeownership opportunities for families in Albuquerque!
bit.ly/3L0E6KV
#affordablehousing #nmpol #Albuquerque
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Despite laws against housing discrimination, greed & flawed algorithms have led to their violation by lenders & landlords. That's why @CFPB, the only agency dedicated to protecting consumers, is crucial - especially for those seeking a home. #DefendCFPB #FairHousingMonth
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard an upzoning opponent claim to support affordable housing I STILL couldn’t build an affordable home on land zoned for 1 house/acre. Fighting against higher density is NIMBYism pure and simple.
#santafecounty #ExclusionaryZoning
Santa Fe’s home prices have dipped a bit but remain stubbornly high due to chronic undersupply. Supporting affordable housing means supporting it in your own neighborhood. Anything else is hypocrisy.
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#santafecounty #AffordableHouseForAll
New Mexico's carbon footprint is 70% HIGHER than the US avg due to over-reliance on fossil fuel. Dense housing close to jobs is key to breaking our auto addiction. Politicians who oppose higher densities care more about property values than climate change homewisdom.org/housing-justi…
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A majority of New Mexicans support increasing the #ChildTaxCredit because it puts money in the pockets of families who need it most, with no extra hassle. Increasing the CTC is a smart investment in the well-being of NM’s families and children! #nmpol
Homeownership is the best way to escape bad landlords but this escape route becomes a dead end when all the affordable single-family homes are bought and turned into rentals by investors. Institutional buy-to-rent is a predatory practice. sfchronicle.com/podcasts/art…
#BuyDontRent
Housing affordability is at a historic low, which is going to widen the wealth gap, especially for millennials. Young people shut out of homebuying missed out on a major wealth building opportunity: the millennial home value rose ~30% in the past year. investors.redfin.com/news-ev…
From Q4-21 to Q4-22 home sales in Santa Fe dropped 42% & prices still increased by over 12%! Helping people buy their own homes is a solution to the affordability crisis, but not if there aren’t any homes to buy! homewisdom.org/who-cant-affo…
#Homewise #Homewisdom #NewMexicoHousing