✨ #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. groundedsolutions.org/conversation...

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

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? impactalpha.com/financing-th...

🤔 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

Putting together these remarks for a @groundedsolutions.bsky.social panel on housing messaging in an age of disinfo made a few things click for me—and based on the enthusiastic response I got, many others agreed. Perhaps it will be useful to you too! shelterforce.org/2025/07/14/h...

📰 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.

📢 🗓️ 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. groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...

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

✨ 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

"Grounded Solutions Network's Homes for the Future model earns national recognition as a market-savvy solution to America's affordable housing shortfall." (The Builder's Daily) Read the full article here: www.thebuildersdaily.com/shared-equit...

🏡 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. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67N...

🙏 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

📢 @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. ⤵️ lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/H0c9eyK/S... #CommunityLandTrusts #SharedEquityHousing

🙌 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...

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: ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...

Happy #WorldCLTDay2025! CLTs are more than just housing — they're about cultivating vibrant, stable, inclusive communities. Today, let's recognize the role of CLTs in creating spaces where everyone belongs. Learn more at worldcltday.org.

📢 Join @shelterforce.bsky.social and @npquarterly.bsky.social TOMORROW, May 14, at 2 PM ET for a powerful conversation about social housing in the U.S. — what it was, what it could be, and how we build it together. Register now: buff.ly/hENDP2u #SocialHousing #HousingJustice #AffordableHousing

ICYMI: Colby Sledge of @groundedsolutions.bsky.social considers discriminatory property tax policies and their impact on homeownership in the latest edition of The Rooftop, a series from @NewAmerica.org's Future of Land and Housing Program. 🔗 go.newamerica.org/affordable-h...

🔔🔔🔔 The deadline to register for our upcoming #PolicyPracticePower conference is fast approaching! This is THE national event for affordable housing advocates and practitioners wishing to connect, learn from each other's progress, and build strong networks. Join us! 👉 www.policypracticepower.com

🚨 The U.S. #HousingCrisis is at a breaking point. Learn how our #HomesfortheFuture initiative is taking bold steps to create permanently affordable homeownership opportunities. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0J... #SharedEquity #ImpactInvestment

🏆 Our Homes for the Future initiative is a Top 10 finalist for the 2025 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award that recognizes innovative, feasible & scalable solutions for addressing the critical issue of housing affordability. Learn more: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...

#DYK the median homeowner has nearly 40x the net worth of the median renter? Learn how our #HomesfortheFuture model is scaling permanently affordable homeownership so more families have the opportunity to build wealth, not just pay rent. 📽️ youtu.be/XN0J1--1LVg?...

📢 George McCarthy, president and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, will deliver the closing plenary at our upcoming #PolicyPracticePower Conference taking place from May 27–29 in Washington, D.C.! Register today to secure your spot! www.policypracticepower.com

The affordable housing crisis has priced millions of families out of homeownership—but innovative solutions, like our #HomesForTheFuture initiative, can change that. Learn more: 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN0J... #AffordableHousing #SharedEquity #LastingAffordability

In a newly published Q&A w/ the Center for Community Investment, Grounded Solutions’ Vice President of Innovative Finance, Devin Culbertson, discusses how our Homes for the Future Initiative is working to scale housing with lasting affordability. centerforcommunityinvestment.org/news/creatin...

📰 This @nextcity.org article explores how local groups in Hawai’i are turning to the #CommunityLandTrust model to prevent displacement of locals amid skyrocketing housing costs and in the wake of natural disasters, like last year’s deadly wildfire in Lahaina. nextcity.org/features/the...

🚨 🚨 🚨 Next Monday, March 31, is the last day to register at the early bird rate for our upcoming #PolicyPracticePower National Conference in Washington, D.C. Click below to secure your spot now. ⤵️ policypracticepower.com

🏡 Learn how our Homes for the Future initiative is expanding affordable homeownership in the Twin Cities and beyond. groundedsolutions.org/homes-for-th...

Our Local Policy Principal, Colby Sledge, recently spoke with @dailyherald.com about expanding housing opportunities in DuPage County, IL. ⤵️ www.dailyherald.com/20250316/new... #ForEveryoneHome #LastingAffordability #AffordableHousing

🏛️ Interested in joining a Capitol Hill visit during our upcoming #PolicyPracticePower conference? Make sure you choose the Hill Visit add-on when you register at www.policypracticepower.com. ⏱️ Early bird rates end on 3/31 and 4/30 is the LAST day to add the Hill Visit, so register now!

🎙️ In this episode of @nextcity.org’s podcast, Candice Turner, Director of Homeownership at our member organization Maggie Walker Community Land Trust, joins other experts to discuss solutions for addressing the housing crisis—beyond building more units. Tune in here: nextcity.org/podcast/fixi...

🙌 Renowned author, researcher, and advocate Leah Rothstein will be a plenary speaker at our #PolicyPracticePower Conference, May 27-29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.! Secure your spot for this session and others exploring ways to advance housing with lasting affordability 👉 www.policypracticepower.com

🗣️ Santhosh Ramdoss, President & CEO of Gary Community Ventures, will deliver the keynote at our upcoming #PolicyPracticePower conference in Washington, D.C. Visit www.policypracticepower.com to register today and stay up-to-date on our incredible lineup of sessions and speakers!

📢 Grounded Solutions Network’s national conference is back! Join us for this excellent opportunity to network with other housing practitioners, offer and receive support, exchange insights, and explore housing solutions that ensure lasting affordability. Register at www.policypracticepower.com.