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Dialogues
for
Change,
a
network
of
city
partners
in
the
United
States
and
Germany,
concluded
its
third
iteration
with
a
final
workshop
in
Pittsburgh,
PA.
Led
by
the
German
Marshall
Fund
in
partnership
with
HUD;
Germany's
Federal
Ministry
of
the
Interior,
Building,
and
Community
(BMI);
and
the
Deutsche
Gesellschaft
fur
Internationale
Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ),
Dialogues
for
Change
develops
a
transatlantic
network
of
cross-sector
participants
that
explores
themes
critical
to
successful
city
project
implementation.
At
the
workshop,
Cindy
Campbell,
Director
of
the
Office
for
International
and
Philanthropic
Innovation
(IPI),
participated
in
a
panel
with
her
German
federal
colleague
to
discuss
priorities
of
both
administrations.
The
dialogue
focused
on
how
federal
policies
and
developments
at
the
federal
levels
will
affect
cities
in
the
United
States
and
Germany.
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International
and
Philanthropic
Innovation
PHILANTHROPIC
PARTNERSHIPS
TRAINING
| To enhance
HUD's
philanthropic
partnerships,
IPI offers
Philanthropic
Engagement
Workshops for
HUD employees
nationwide to
learn more about
the
philanthropic
sector and
identify useful
strategies to
build
partnerships in
their regions.
These workshops
are empowering
HUD staff to
work with
foundations in
their
communities to
maximize the
potential of
partnerships.
NEW
CASE
STUDY:
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
FOUNDATION
| Your Way Home
Montgomery
County is a
partnership of
public,
philanthropic,
and private
enterprises that
is significantly
reducing
homelessness in
a wealthy
suburban county
northwest of
Philadelphia.
Under the shared
leadership of
the Montgomery
County
Foundation,
Inc., as the
philanthropic
backbone
organization and
the Montgomery
County
Department of
Housing and
Community
Development as
the lead
public-sector
agency, Your Way
Home has reduced
homelessness in
the county by 37
percent since
its founding in
2014.
PUBLIC-PHILANTHROPIC
PARTNERSHIPS
COMBAT
HOMELESSNESS
| Cindy
Campbell,
Director of IPI,
discusses her
experience in
Los Angeles and
the work being
led by a
public-philanthropic
partnership to
address the
rising
homelessness in
the region.
Homelessness
numbers in Los
Angeles County
increased
markedly in
2017. There were
57,794 homeless
individuals in
2017, a 23
percent increase
from 2016
(46,874). The
city of Los
Angeles saw a 20
percent increase
in homelessness,
from 28,464
individuals in
2016 to 34,189
in
2017.
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Other News at
HUD - In Case
You Missed
It
FEDERAL
HOUSING
ADMINISTRATION
| By a
vote of 74-23, the
U.S. Senate
confirmed Brian
D.
Montgomery
to serve as
Assistant
Secretary of
Housing
at the U.S.
Department of
Housing and Urban
Development (HUD)
and Commissioner of
the Federal Housing
Administration
(FHA). Montgomery's
confirmation marks
his second term as
Assistant Secretary
for Housing and FHA
Commissioner at HUD.
He previously held
the job under
President George W.
Bush, staying on for
six months after
President Barack
Obama's
inauguration.
FAIR
HOUSING
| After a
months-long
technical
evaluation, HUD
announced that it is
withdrawing
a computer
assessment
tool
originally intended
to be helpful to
local governments in
meeting their
obligations under
the Fair Housing Act
to affirmatively
further fair
housing.
RENT
REFORM
|
Secretary Ben
Carson unveiled
a package of
reforms
designed to offer
Public Housing
Authorities (PHAs),
property owners and
HUD-assisted
families a simpler,
less invasive and
more transparent set
of rent structures,
and places HUD's
rental assistance
programs on a more
fiscally sustainable
path.
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