Subject: Industry News

• The Century Foundation Names Five New Fellows

  Daniel Albert, the founding managing partner of the investment bank Westwood Capital, LLC, who has written extensively about the economic challenges in the United States, is one of five new fellows at The Century Foundation. more

• Davies Takes the Helm at the Kirwan Institute

  

  Professor Sharon L. Davies is the new director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University, replacing founding executive director john powell, who left the institute’s top leadership position at the end of December. more

• Bipartisan Policy Center Appoints Housing Commissioners

  Housing Commission will comprise business and civic leaders, key housing stakeholders, academics, and former senior political figures. The commission is expected to host regional forums around the country in 2012. more

• Furman Center Director Takes on New Role at HUD

  

  Sarah Gerecke will leave her post as executive director of the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy at New York University for a new role at HUD. more

• House and Senate Funding Bills Risk Loss of Rental Assistance For Thousands of Low-Income Families

  

  Anticipating “deep and disproportionate cuts” in the HUD funding bill for FY 2012, this report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggests that Congress could prevent the loss of rental assistance for tens of thousands of low-income families by combining key features of bills approved by the House and Senate committees. more

• HPN and Citi Launch Fund to Advance Innovations in Neighborhood Stabilization

  Citi Foundation will commit $2.75 million to the Housing Partnership Network to support the neighborhood stabilization efforts of community-based housing organizations in 10 metropolitan areas across the country. more

• Van Temple to Head Crescent City CLT

  Van Temple, long-time director of Delaware’s statewide Diamond State Community Land Trust, will lead the new Crescent City Community Land Trust in New Orleans beginning November 1. A native of Louisiana, Temple helped found Diamond City CLT, which announced in late September that it had launched a search for a new executive director. more

• Self-Help’s Eakes Joins Ford Foundation Board

  

  Self-Help CEO and co-founder Martin Eakes joins the Ford Foundation’s 14-member board. more

• Our Lot Author Alyssa Katz to Launch Online Newspaper at Columbia U.

  

  Our Lot author Alyssa Katz will join the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism this summer to launch and edit The New York World, a news outlet staffed by J school graduates. With her arrival at Columbia, Katz ends a four-year stint as senior fellow for policy and communications at the Pratt Center for Community Development. more

• Former Biden Advisor Bernstein Joins Milken Institute

  

  After leaving his position as the top economic advisor to Vice President Joe Biden in May, Jared Bernstein has joined up with the Milken Institute as a senior fellow. more