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Lessons from 2023 VAD Academy: Systemic Racism is a Root Cause of Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

Every year, the Center for Community Progress hosts VAD Academy, our virtual boot camp for public, private, nonprofit, and community leaders whose communities are impacted by vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties. Some cities, like Detroit, are working to correct the overvaluation with equity in mind.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

COVID-19 has spotlighted the deep racial inequities in housing and illustrated the importance of housing stability to protecting public health. ANDP Single-Family Developments Shaded by LMI Census Tracts, January 2010 – June 30, 2020. Source: Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership.

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