The Kresge Foundation - Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Initiative

The Kresge Foundation - Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Initiative is sponsored by Kresge Foundation. This initiative identifies and accelerates community-driven practices that connect the housing and health sectors and recognizes multi-sector partnerships that preserve and increase the supply of stable housing to improve health, well-being, and health equity in low-income commu…

Advancing Health Equity Through Housing - Kresge Foundation Our Story at 100 Promoting human progress since 1924, expanding equity and opportunity today Our Staff Our work is made possible by a staff of mission-driven professionals Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Central to how we operate and fund, we center DEI in all we do Careers Check for new openings and learn about working at The Kresge Foundation Board of Trustees Leaders who provide governance, expertise and support to our work Press Room Resources and information for commnunications professional American Cities Effective, inclusive community development in U.S. cities Arts & Culture Positioning culture and creativity as drivers of more just communities Detroit Expanding long-term, equitable opportunity in our hometown Education Addressing postsecondary attainment and closing equity gaps Environment Helping cities with equitable climate resilience strategies Health Building equity-focused systems of health to achieve well-being Human Services Increasing social-economic mobility for people with low incomes Social Investment Practice Unlocking capital for community development Strategic Learning, Research & Evaluation Building a culture of learning across the organization and support community learning priorities Initiatives Our time-bound funding programs can bring multiple Kresge teams together to co-create strategies Grants & Social Investments Grants Awarded A database of grants dating back to 2009 Social Investments Made A database of PRIs, guarantees and other investments How to Apply Details on eligibility, FAQs, Fluxx guidance and more For Current Grantees FAQs for partners, communicating about your work and more Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Identifying innovative community-generated multisector solutions to improve health outcomes, housing affordability and quality Identify and accelerate community-led policy and system changes Support innovative funding strategies that better connect housing and health sectors Recognize multisector partnerships that preserve and increase the supply of stable housing Where we live matters.

When housing is affordable, accessible and safe, our neighbors and our neighborhoods thrive. But decades of discriminatory housing, transportation, land-use policy and economic disinvestment have resulted in neighborhoods segregated by income, race and ethnicity, and created disparities that negatively impact the health, well-being and economic security of people living in America’s cities.

To spur sustainable changes, we need solutions that are designed with significant and meaningful input from those who are most affected. We believe that the most effective approaches will emerge when community members have the tools, power and support they need to influence the public and private systems that shape their lives.

With our Advancing Health Equity Through Housing initiative, we’re identifying community-driven practices that connect the housing and health sectors, as well as recognizing multisector partnerships that preserve, protect and increase the supply of stable housing and improve the health and well-being of people and families in low-income communities around the country.

With these investments, the foundation is funding a wide array of approaches, including those that reduce the harmful physical and mental health impacts of housing instability; advance sound public policy to preserve, protect and expand safe and affordable housing; and help communities become more connected and cohesive through housing and health activities.

Since launching the initiative in 2018, Kresge has awarded more than $8 million to 32 organizations. $1.

1 million in grants to support Advancing Health Equity Through Housing learning community Advancing Health Equity Through Housing News & Views Rapson: Community safety in Memphis requires community-based effort Empowering communities to combat the affordable housing crisis with OppCo Housing Accelerator Fund Looking Back: More than medicine: A commitment to community health Civic engagement essential for improving community health, well-being All Advancing Health Equity Through Housing News & Views Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Resources Housing, equity and health in U.S. news 2020-2021: Findings and recommendations Understanding how journalists currently frame housing, and how those choices shape long-term narratives, can help housing and health advocates be strategic about their communication strategies.

To understand the specific nuances… Measuring resident agency and voice in affordable housing: A set of guiding questions Agency is key to economic mobility.

And more than two years into a global pandemic that has caused devastating health impacts, upended local economies, social norms and a sense of… Kresge letter to HUD opposes proposed changes to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development opposing the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair… All Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Resources Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Partners Berkeley Media Studies Group BMSG is providing research, counseling and support to use strategic communications to implement diverse, place-based responses to housing instability.

Policy Link supports a national collaborative effort to foster alignment among organizing groups around policies to improve health through housing. Success Measures at Neighborworks America Success Measures helps organizations, intermediaries, and their philanthropic and public sector partners plan and conduct evaluations. Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Team Senior Communications Officer