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Housing
[Council Communication] [Biography
- Mary E. Brooks] [Flyer]
Council Communication
| Title: |
Presentation on Housing Trust Fund Project |
| Dept: |
Department of Community Development
Planning Division |
| Date: |
May 6, 2003 |
| Submitted By: |
John McLaughlin, Director of Community
Development |
Approved
By:
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Gino Grimaldi, City Administrator |
| Synopsis: |
Councilor Hartzell has requested that Mary E. Brooks
of the Housing Trust Fund Project, a special project of the Center for Community
Change, address the council on the topic of housing trust funds. She will
be presenting a talk titled "Joining Together for Affordable Housing" at
the Presbyterian Church at noon on Tuesday, May 6 as well. |
| Background: |
A biographic sketch of Ms. Brooks, as well as a flyer
for the brown bag discussion are attached to this council
communication. |
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Biography - Mary E. Brooks
Mary E. Brooks has worked as a low-income housing advocate for more than
30 years. The majority of her work has involved applied research on housing,
land use and zoning, community development, and civil rights issues for nonprofit
organizations and government agencies. She holds a Masters Degree in City
and Regional Planning from Ohio State University, where she received the
College of Engineering Distinguished Alumna Award in 1976.
Currently, she directs the Housing Trust Fund Project, a special project
of the Center for Community Change. The Center for Community Change is a
national nonprofit organization that provides technical assistance and other
services to nonprofit organizations working in low income and minority
communities throughout the country.
The Housing Trust Fund Project compiles information about the development
of housing trust funds throughout the country and promotes the involvement
of neighborhood organizations in the creation and implementation of these
funds to ensure that they benefit those most in need of housing. Ms. Brooks
has prepared several publications on housing trust funds, which are available
through the Project, as well as, a quarterly newsletter that provides current
information about the development and implementation of housing trust funds
around the country. She also provides technical assistance to nonprofit community
organizations and others involved in the creation and implementation of housing
trust funds.
Ms. Brooks has been working with housing trust funds for the last fifteen
years and has provided information, technical assistance and training to
hundreds of organizations and agencies on the development and implementation
of housing trust funds. She is widely recognized as the nation's expert on
these unique funds. Her latest publication is "Housing Trust Fund Progress
Report 2002: Local Responses to America's Housing Needs" which describes
the remarkable accomplishments of these funds throughout the country. She
has also authored "A Workbook for Creating Housing Trust Funds."
Ms. Brooks has provided consulting services on low income housing issues;
has taught at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning at
University of California at Los Angeles and Columbia University; and has
authored numerous publications and articles on low income housing issues.
She has worked for the American Planning Association, the Suburban/Metropolitan
Action Institute, and was director of the National Citizens Monitoring Project
on CDBG. She has worked with the Center for Community Change, the National
Urban League, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development,
and the National Low Income Housing Coalition, among others. Her work has
been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Taconic Foundation, the Charles
Stewart Mott Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the German Marhsall
Fund, and others.
"Joining Together for Affordable Housing" Please click on the link
below to view the flyer:
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