Housing Giants - June 23, 2008 - (Page 20)

workforce By David Grunwald, American Sunrise Communities Leverage for SucceSS Collaborate public, private and non-profit resources to make affordable housing solutions a reality. In 2006, I left my posItIon as the CEO of L.A. Family Housing to form the national non-profit American Sunrise Communities with third-generation home builder Joel Shine; Mary Alice Cisneros, the founder of American Sunrise; and Henry Cisneros, the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and executive chairman of CityView. American Sunrise Communities’ mission is to leverage public, private and non-profit resources to facilitate largescale housing solutions for the millions of low-income and minority families excluded from the traditional housing market. Since its inception, American Sunrise Communities has added offices in Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco and has created partnerships with stakeholders resulting in the potential development of more than 25,000 housing opportunities for a broad range of underserved communities. 20 HoUsInG GIAnts.6.23.08 There are several key learnings from our collaborations I can share with home builders who are seeking an innovative model to reach this underserved market. Our projects have been successful. One of our latest is a collaboration with a private developer and several non-profits that created Gates on Manhattan, 320 lease-to-own homes in New Orleans. In Northern California, we have partnered to entitle and create more than 600 units of affordable housing. Our partnership with a master builder in Denver will support the development and implementation of a major affordable housing plan. aND THe NaTIoN’S MoST afforDaBLe HouSINg MarKeT IS NaHB released the NaHB/Wells fargo Housing opportunity Index at the end of May, and for the 11th consecutive time, Indianapolis is the most affordable major u.S. housing market in the first quarter of 2008. even though Indianapolis takes the title, homes nationwide have become more affordable, according to the index. www.HoUsInGGIAnts.com http://www.lafh.org/ http://www.americansunrise.org/ http://www.americansunrise.org/ http://www.housingzone.com/giants/article/CA6555478.html?q=gates on manhattan housingzone http://www.cityview.com/ http://www.housinggiants.com

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