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Affordable HousingThrough Community PartnershipEnvironmental Design, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri Extension
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Program description:
Quality affordable housing has been an expressed need in various
communities in both rural and urban areas of Missouri. This type
of housing development can take place successfully through a participatory
planning process in which all the community state-holders are involved.
The goal of this program is to prepare extension specialists to
serve as educators and facilitators in this participatory process
to enable the community to successfully develop quality affordable
housing in their area. This program will cover issues of consensus
building, trust generation, forming community coalitions, generating
action plans for affordable housing development. In addition, this
program will provide information about various types of affordable
housing options available and funding sources for this type of development.
Target audience:
Community stake-holders in communities that have affordable housing
needs.
Anticipated outcomes:
- The communities where this program will be implemented will develop coalitions and skills to foster quality affordable housing development in their area through the facilitation by extension specialists.
- They will also develop an understanding that stereotypical notions about affordable housing is incorrect and be exposed to various forms of housing development along with the type of public and private financial support available to generate this type of development.
- Communities will be able to identify important stakeholders within and outside their communities who would help them to achieve their goals.
- Communities will be able to develop an action plan for affordable housing development and carry it through.
Contact person:
Michael Goldschmidt, AIA CSI,Resident Instruction Assistant Professor & State Specialist
goldschmidtm@missouri.edu
573-884-0905
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Last update: Thursday, May 14, 2009
