Grounded Solutions Network
@groundedsolutions.bsky.social
Our mission is to advance housing solutions that are equitable, inclusive, rich in opportunity, cultivate communities, and last for generations.
🏦 Thank you, Sen. Cortez Masto, for shining a light on CLTs during the Banking Committee's recent nomination hearing. CLTs are instrumental in addressing the nation's housing affordability crisis, and we appreciate your steadfast support.
📺 Full hearing: www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/10/...
📺 Full hearing: www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/10/...
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🏦 Thank you, Sen. Cortez Masto, for shining a light on CLTs during the Banking Committee's recent nomination hearing. CLTs are instrumental in addressing the nation's housing affordability crisis, and we appreciate your steadfast support.
📺 Full hearing: www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/10/...
📺 Full hearing: www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/10/...
🗣️ New Webinar Alert: On 11/6 from 3–4 pm ET, we’ll host a webinar exploring the vital role Housing Finance Authorities play in scaling homes with lasting affordability by supporting both production and buyers.
📝 Register at groundedsolutions.org/event/scalin...
📝 Register at groundedsolutions.org/event/scalin...
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🗣️ New Webinar Alert: On 11/6 from 3–4 pm ET, we’ll host a webinar exploring the vital role Housing Finance Authorities play in scaling homes with lasting affordability by supporting both production and buyers.
📝 Register at groundedsolutions.org/event/scalin...
📝 Register at groundedsolutions.org/event/scalin...
‼️ The ROAD to Housing Act was included in the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We hope the House will continue the good work by bringing their own improvements to this important legislative initiative. (1/4)
October 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
‼️ The ROAD to Housing Act was included in the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We hope the House will continue the good work by bringing their own improvements to this important legislative initiative. (1/4)
✨ #MemberSpotlight: This month, we're featuring a conversation with @homesteadclt.bsky.social CEO Kathleen Hosfeld about her organization’s goals, challenges, and accomplishments, as well as her personal journey to the field of affordable housing.
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groundedsolutions.org/conversation...
Conversation with Homestead Community Land Trust CEO: Kathleen Hosfeld – Grounded Solutions Network
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October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
✨ #MemberSpotlight: This month, we're featuring a conversation with @homesteadclt.bsky.social CEO Kathleen Hosfeld about her organization’s goals, challenges, and accomplishments, as well as her personal journey to the field of affordable housing.
groundedsolutions.org/conversation...
groundedsolutions.org/conversation...
Did you know that Grounded Solutions Network members receive an automatic discount on Training Institute Online courses? And if more than one person from your organization registers, you receive an additional discount! Spaces are filling up quickly, so register today! learning.groundedsolutions.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Did you know that Grounded Solutions Network members receive an automatic discount on Training Institute Online courses? And if more than one person from your organization registers, you receive an additional discount! Spaces are filling up quickly, so register today! learning.groundedsolutions.org
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Devin Culbertson of @groundedsolutions.bsky.social and Integrated Purposes Devin Murphy outline a three step approach to build a sustainable financing market for community ownership housing models.
Could it deliver a new wave of community wealth generation?
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Could it deliver a new wave of community wealth generation?
impactalpha.com/financing-th...
Financing the future of community ownership
Financing community ownership: Scaling models that build wealth and expand affordable housing.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Devin Culbertson of @groundedsolutions.bsky.social and Integrated Purposes Devin Murphy outline a three step approach to build a sustainable financing market for community ownership housing models.
Could it deliver a new wave of community wealth generation?
impactalpha.com/financing-th...
Could it deliver a new wave of community wealth generation?
impactalpha.com/financing-th...
🤔 Curious about how your shared equity housing organization or program can secure a partnership with a lending institution? Register for our Sept. 24 “Ask Me Anything” session about mortgage lending for lasting affordability. groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🤔 Curious about how your shared equity housing organization or program can secure a partnership with a lending institution? Register for our Sept. 24 “Ask Me Anything” session about mortgage lending for lasting affordability. groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
✨ This month’s Member Spotlight from the Mueller Foundation in Austin, TX, illustrates how a community, city, and developer can work together to create a stable, inclusive, economically viable, and desirable mixed-income neighborhood. groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
August 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
✨ This month’s Member Spotlight from the Mueller Foundation in Austin, TX, illustrates how a community, city, and developer can work together to create a stable, inclusive, economically viable, and desirable mixed-income neighborhood. groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
👏👏👏 Congrats to our member organization South Tower Community Land Trust for bringing Fresno’s first-ever community land trust-owned home to market.
#LastingAffordability #CLTs #AffordableHousing
#LastingAffordability #CLTs #AffordableHousing
‘Neighbors looking after neighbors.’ Could this be the future of affordable housing in Fresno?
Fresno’s first-ever community land trust-owned home went on the market Wednesday in the city’s South Tower neighborhood. The single-family home, located on Farris Avenue just north of Belmont, was…
Fresno’s first-ever community land trust-owned home went on the market Wednesday in the city’s South Tower neighborhood. The single-family home, located on Farris Avenue just north of Belmont, was…
‘Neighbors looking after neighbors.’ Could this be the future of affordable housing in Fresno?
Fresno’s first-ever community land trust-owned home went on the market Wednesday in the city’s South Tower neighborhood. The single-family home, located on Farris Avenue just north of Belmont, was purchased and renovated by the South Tower Community Land Trust over the past year-and-a-half. Now, it’s for sale for $215,000, well under the neighborhood’s median home price of about $345,000, according to June figures from Redfin…
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August 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
👏👏👏 Congrats to our member organization South Tower Community Land Trust for bringing Fresno’s first-ever community land trust-owned home to market.
#LastingAffordability #CLTs #AffordableHousing
#LastingAffordability #CLTs #AffordableHousing
👏 We applaud Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Ranking Member @warren.senate.gov's leadership on a robust housing package to tackle our nation’s housing crisis.
📜 The #ROADtoHousingAct specifically elevates shared equity programs in key sections. Read our statement: bit.ly/46xVsdi
📜 The #ROADtoHousingAct specifically elevates shared equity programs in key sections. Read our statement: bit.ly/46xVsdi
July 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
👏 We applaud Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Ranking Member @warren.senate.gov's leadership on a robust housing package to tackle our nation’s housing crisis.
📜 The #ROADtoHousingAct specifically elevates shared equity programs in key sections. Read our statement: bit.ly/46xVsdi
📜 The #ROADtoHousingAct specifically elevates shared equity programs in key sections. Read our statement: bit.ly/46xVsdi
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Putting together these remarks for a @groundedsolutions.bsky.social panel on housing messaging in an age of disinfo made a few things click for me—and based on the enthusiastic response I got, many others agreed. Perhaps it will be useful to you too! shelterforce.org/2025/07/14/h...
Housing Communicators: Don't Water Down Your Values to Appeal to Opponents
While many organizations try to adapt their messaging to reach a wider audience—which can be done—the research can help avoid some pitfalls along the way.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Putting together these remarks for a @groundedsolutions.bsky.social panel on housing messaging in an age of disinfo made a few things click for me—and based on the enthusiastic response I got, many others agreed. Perhaps it will be useful to you too! shelterforce.org/2025/07/14/h...
📰 Great article by @shelterforce.bsky.social and @nextcity.org laying out exactly how the Trump Administration's new tax law will severely undercut affordable housing progress.
The president's tax law raises funding for LIHTC, but steep cuts to social programs will more than outweigh the benefits. Shelterforce and @nextcity.org take a closer look at what's in the tax law, along with a second bill that would slash housing funding if passed. Read here: bit.ly/44YyPO1
How Trump’s Tax Law Will Deepen Housing Insecurity
Steep cuts are planned for social programs. Here's a look at what's in the tax law, along with a second bill that would slash housing funding if passed.
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July 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
📰 Great article by @shelterforce.bsky.social and @nextcity.org laying out exactly how the Trump Administration's new tax law will severely undercut affordable housing progress.
📢 🗓️ Are you in the process of launching a shared equity program or organization? Join us from 2–4 pm ET on July 30 for a free “Ask Me Anything” session about using the right legal documents to effectively capture your mission and goals.
groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
July 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📢 🗓️ Are you in the process of launching a shared equity program or organization? Join us from 2–4 pm ET on July 30 for a free “Ask Me Anything” session about using the right legal documents to effectively capture your mission and goals.
groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
groundedsolutions.org/event/ask-me...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise energy and borrowing costs, hurting renters, homeowners, builders, and operators of housing of all types. This will, in turn, worsen our current housing crisis.
Read our statement: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
#AffordableHousing #OBBBA
Read our statement: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
#AffordableHousing #OBBBA
Grounded Solutions Network Issues Statement in Response to Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – Grounded Solutions Network
groundedsolutions.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will raise energy and borrowing costs, hurting renters, homeowners, builders, and operators of housing of all types. This will, in turn, worsen our current housing crisis.
Read our statement: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
#AffordableHousing #OBBBA
Read our statement: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
#AffordableHousing #OBBBA
✨ This month's member spotlight: Front Step Community Land Trust
📰 Learn about the organization’s recent rebrand here: groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
📽️ Watch below to learn how Front Step is creating more permanently affordable housing in Missoula, MT. 👇 youtu.be/xAqGXw4QOZs
📰 Learn about the organization’s recent rebrand here: groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
📽️ Watch below to learn how Front Step is creating more permanently affordable housing in Missoula, MT. 👇 youtu.be/xAqGXw4QOZs
Front Step Community Land Trust
YouTube video by Front Step Community Land Trust
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June 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
✨ This month's member spotlight: Front Step Community Land Trust
📰 Learn about the organization’s recent rebrand here: groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
📽️ Watch below to learn how Front Step is creating more permanently affordable housing in Missoula, MT. 👇 youtu.be/xAqGXw4QOZs
📰 Learn about the organization’s recent rebrand here: groundedsolutions.org/member-spotl...
📽️ Watch below to learn how Front Step is creating more permanently affordable housing in Missoula, MT. 👇 youtu.be/xAqGXw4QOZs
"Grounded Solutions Network's Homes for the Future model earns national recognition as a market-savvy solution to America's affordable housing shortfall." (The Builder's Daily) Read the full article here: www.thebuildersdaily.com/shared-equit...
Shared Equity Strategy Wins Big With 2025 Ivory Prize Honors
Grounded Solutions Network's Homes for the Future model earns national recognition as a market-savvy solution to America's affordable housing shortfall.
www.thebuildersdaily.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Grounded Solutions Network's Homes for the Future model earns national recognition as a market-savvy solution to America's affordable housing shortfall." (The Builder's Daily) Read the full article here: www.thebuildersdaily.com/shared-equit...
🏡 We’re investing in a better future for generations to come, one home at a time.
Interested? Learn more here: youtu.be/XN0J1--1LVg?...
#AffordableHousing #HomesForTheFuture #SharedEquity #HousingJustice #CommunityFirst #GroundedSolutions #RentToOwn #EquityForAll #NationalHomeownershipMonth
Interested? Learn more here: youtu.be/XN0J1--1LVg?...
#AffordableHousing #HomesForTheFuture #SharedEquity #HousingJustice #CommunityFirst #GroundedSolutions #RentToOwn #EquityForAll #NationalHomeownershipMonth
June 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🏡 We’re investing in a better future for generations to come, one home at a time.
Interested? Learn more here: youtu.be/XN0J1--1LVg?...
#AffordableHousing #HomesForTheFuture #SharedEquity #HousingJustice #CommunityFirst #GroundedSolutions #RentToOwn #EquityForAll #NationalHomeownershipMonth
Interested? Learn more here: youtu.be/XN0J1--1LVg?...
#AffordableHousing #HomesForTheFuture #SharedEquity #HousingJustice #CommunityFirst #GroundedSolutions #RentToOwn #EquityForAll #NationalHomeownershipMonth
#ICYMI, our Homes for the Future fund recently won an Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in the finance category. We're so honored! If you're interested in our story, check out our winner video below.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67N...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67N...
2025 Ivory Prize Winner in Finance - Grounded Solutions Network
YouTube video by Ivory Innovations
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June 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#ICYMI, our Homes for the Future fund recently won an Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in the finance category. We're so honored! If you're interested in our story, check out our winner video below.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67N...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67N...
🙏 Shout out to the sponsors who helped us bring together 460+ practitioners, advocates, policymakers and funders for last week’s #PolicyPracticePower conference. We couldn't have done it without you. #ThankYou
June 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🙏 Shout out to the sponsors who helped us bring together 460+ practitioners, advocates, policymakers and funders for last week’s #PolicyPracticePower conference. We couldn't have done it without you. #ThankYou
📢 @shelterforce.bsky.social is gathering ideas for its upcoming series on community ownership! Complete the survey below by June 9 to share your thoughts on impactful innovations in this space. ⤵️
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#CommunityLandTrusts #SharedEquityHousing
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#CommunityLandTrusts #SharedEquityHousing
Call For Ideas Survey
Call For Ideas Survey
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June 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📢 @shelterforce.bsky.social is gathering ideas for its upcoming series on community ownership! Complete the survey below by June 9 to share your thoughts on impactful innovations in this space. ⤵️
lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/H0c9eyK/S...
#CommunityLandTrusts #SharedEquityHousing
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#CommunityLandTrusts #SharedEquityHousing
🙌 Thank you to every single one of the 463 attendees who helped make this year’s #PolicyPracticePower conference a success!
Our speakers provided practical advice, thought-provoking analyses, and a much-needed infusion of hope to fuel our important work nationwide.
#StrongerTogether
Our speakers provided practical advice, thought-provoking analyses, and a much-needed infusion of hope to fuel our important work nationwide.
#StrongerTogether
May 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🙌 Thank you to every single one of the 463 attendees who helped make this year’s #PolicyPracticePower conference a success!
Our speakers provided practical advice, thought-provoking analyses, and a much-needed infusion of hope to fuel our important work nationwide.
#StrongerTogether
Our speakers provided practical advice, thought-provoking analyses, and a much-needed infusion of hope to fuel our important work nationwide.
#StrongerTogether
‼️ Our newly launched pilot program with @nhtus.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social will provide loans and technical assistance to four community land trusts seeking to expand their housing portfolios and organizational capacity.
Learn more about it: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
Learn more about it: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
May 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
‼️ Our newly launched pilot program with @nhtus.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social will provide loans and technical assistance to four community land trusts seeking to expand their housing portfolios and organizational capacity.
Learn more about it: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
Learn more about it: groundedsolutions.org/grounded-sol...
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Ivory Prize, representing this year's most promising solutions in housing innovation and affordability: @groundedsolutions.bsky.social, Reframe Systems, and the Florida Live Local Act.
Learn more about the winners at:
ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
Learn more about the winners at:
ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Ivory Prize, representing this year's most promising solutions in housing innovation and affordability: @groundedsolutions.bsky.social, Reframe Systems, and the Florida Live Local Act.
Learn more about the winners at:
ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
Learn more about the winners at:
ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-prize-...
Happy #WorldCLTDay2025! CLTs are more than just housing — they're about cultivating vibrant, stable, inclusive communities. Today, let's recognize the role of CLTs in creating spaces where everyone belongs. Learn more at worldcltday.org.
May 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy #WorldCLTDay2025! CLTs are more than just housing — they're about cultivating vibrant, stable, inclusive communities. Today, let's recognize the role of CLTs in creating spaces where everyone belongs. Learn more at worldcltday.org.
📢 Join @shelterforce.bsky.social and @npquarterly.bsky.social TOMORROW, May 14, at 2 PM ET for a powerful conversation about social housing in the U.S. — what it was, what it could be, and how we build it together. Register now: buff.ly/hENDP2u
#SocialHousing #HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
#SocialHousing #HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Housing as a Public Good: The State of Social Housing Today, a Shelterforce/NPQ webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about join...
What do we mean by social housing in the United States? How has it worked in the past, and how can and should it be expanded? Join organizers, practitioners, and authors to discuss both how to develop...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📢 Join @shelterforce.bsky.social and @npquarterly.bsky.social TOMORROW, May 14, at 2 PM ET for a powerful conversation about social housing in the U.S. — what it was, what it could be, and how we build it together. Register now: buff.ly/hENDP2u
#SocialHousing #HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
#SocialHousing #HousingJustice #AffordableHousing