LISC Research @LISCResearch
Neighborhood science for community change lisc.org/our-initiative… NYC & DC Joined January 2015-
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Announcing the New Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance Website! creativeplacemaking.us The website celebrates the power of arts and culture in strengthening communities, and offers an abundance of resources for anyone working in creative placemaking or curious about it!
Our latest @LISCResearch brief finds that #TOPA & #COPA policies paired with preservation investments can be powerful tools for racial equity. lisc.org/our-resources/…
“If you don't look like the community and you're not from the community, you can't understand where the hurts are.” A new @LISCInstitute Spotlight highlights the importance of community ownership, voice + leadership: lisc.org/our-resources/… @LISC_Philly @LISC_Newark @LISC_Houston
An important piece from @oscarthinks @NextCityOrg on the growing movement of community-owned commercial real estate, featuring @LISCResearch's new report, "Commercial Community Ownership as a Strategy for Just Development."
An important piece from @oscarthinks @NextCityOrg on the growing movement of community-owned commercial real estate, featuring @LISCResearch's new report, "Commercial Community Ownership as a Strategy for Just Development."
“I wanted to stay in the area because I grew up here,” says Crystal Ortiz of her business Waxery in @oscarthinks @NextCityOrg on community-owned commercial real estate. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/…
Don't miss this upcoming @LISC_HQ webinar with @LISCDeniseScott @IX_Unidxs @EloraRaymond & @hvogell on how tenants are organizing for solutions to rising rents & evictions, and to address private equity's role in driving the housing crisis. Register here! lisc.org/our-events/eve…
"Community ownership models...reshape relationships between people, place, power, and property" writes Julia Duranti-Martínez in LISC's new report on commercial community ownership. #entrepreneursofcolor #antidisplacement lisc.org/our-resources/…
New Yorkers urgently need a system that cares more about housing’s value as a home and less about its value as real estate. We’ve identified 20 social housing policies that can get us there. Learn more in our latest report @ cssny.org/PathwaysToSoci…
In a new LISC x @npquarterly series, @BrookingsMetro's @andreperryedu shares insight on how anti-racist community action can break down systemic barriers - reminding us that "lasting ideas go to Washington, not from it." lisc.org/our-stories/st…
As Hurricane Ian makes landfall, timely reflections on environmental justice, climate resilience and the Inflation Reduction Act from Mark Kudlowitz on LISC's Policy team.
As Hurricane Ian makes landfall, timely reflections on environmental justice, climate resilience and the Inflation Reduction Act from Mark Kudlowitz on LISC's Policy team.
The number homes purchased by investors continues to climb. #harvardhousingreport
Important long-form piece from @oscarthinks @NextCityOrg on the work of Black entrepreneurs to collectively acquire and transform commercial property. Also highlights tie-ins to public policy and financing, including from @LISCChicago nextcity.org/features/the-s…
Local governments need to address the growing predatory phenomenon of corporations buying up single family homes & turning them into high-cost rentals. This is likely to destroy the single family housing market in many neighborhoods, esp in markets that are predominately BIPOC.
“I think everyone knows that it’s past the moment to be taking land and housing off of the speculative market.” - Elise Goldin @NewEconomyNYC in cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/08…
The #COVID19 pandemic exacerbated health inequities. A new @LISCResearch report shows how CBOs can work with hospitals and insurers to promote equity –while saving on healthcare costs. #Medicaid #Healthcare lisc.org/our-resources/…
By one estimate, the values of multifamily properties increased between 400% and 600% in 2000-2018 & fed a boom of real estate speculation, driving up rents, pushing out longtime residents, and creating “super-gentrified” islands of wealth. planetizen.com/news/2022/08/1…
According to Julia Duranti-Martínez… the report “reinforces what tenant leaders have been saying…which is that [taking out ever-increasing debt] is a strategy for extracting profits from buildings, not for investing in their upkeep.” shelterforce.org/2022/08/16/bre… via @Shelterforce
Edward Garcia @northwestbronx on sources of investment for #socialhousing “hospitals need to invest in the things that keep people healthy.”
Niani Taylor @EastNewYorkCLT on scaling CLTs: “people said the airplane couldn’t exist before it happened.” @PeoplesForumNYC #socialhousing event.

Local Initiatives Sup... @LISC_HQ
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LISC NY @LISC_NYC
2K Followers 1K Following For over 40 years, LISC NY has directed capital, strategy, & expertise to unrealized #NY markets.
George Ashton @GeorgeAshtonIII
608 Followers 485 Following CEO, @CandideGroup Candide Group supports families, foundations, and other investors who want to flow their money into social-justice focused investments.
LISC Policy @LISC_Policy
3K Followers 3K Following @LISC_HQ's Policy Department supports the public policies and resources needed for comprehensive community development.
New Economy Project @NewEconomyNYC
6K Followers 2K Following Working with community groups to build a just economy, rooted in cooperation, neighborhood and racial equity, and ecological sustainability.
LISC DC @LISC_DC
2K Followers 929 Following We're one of the country’s largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America and DC for 43 years.
Rural LISC @RuralLISC
2K Followers 1K Following We're the Rural arm of @LISC_HQ. Since 1995, we've worked with 150+ community-based partners to strengthen Rural communities in all 50 states, PR, USVI + Guam.
LISC Education @LISCEducation
815 Followers 1K Following A program of @LISC_HQ that funds school facilities for high quality charters. Learn more on SchoolBuild, our one stop research shop for charters.
LISC Chicago @LISCChicago
5K Followers 3K Following Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago is the local office of the nation’s leading community development support organization.
LISC - Kansas City @LISC_KC
1K Followers 1K Following We're one of the country’s largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America.
CS @silkienation
4 Followers 100 Following
DETROITography @detroitography
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Stosey @Stosey120906
39 Followers 1K Following I live alone now and enjoy business, traveling, shopping, food and music. I have a calm personality and I hope we can be friends.
Fay Walker @faycwalker
116 Followers 258 Following Researcher @urbaninstitute, member @UrbanInst_Union, formerly @thecityclub. Rental housing & cash transfers. Big map fan. Views are my own. 🇧🇴 (she/her)
Senator James Coleman @ColemanforCO
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Stephanie lutrario @SLutrario
11 Followers 134 Following
Brianne Kilbourne @BFKilbourne
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Maria Van Der Maaten @mariav_agroeco
2K Followers 4K Following Ph.D. in sustainable agriculture and sociology; research areas: agroecology, food security, land, rural development, Latin America (RT not endorsement)
Dr. Erika Ganda @Erika__Ganda
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Kaliya- @IdentityWoma... @IdentityWoman
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Merriet Walker, CPA @TheCPA_Chick
96 Followers 200 Following I help small businesses with full-service accounting and financial consulting. My goal is to make sure your business has accurate records, stays informed and is
Pete Tomao @tomao_pete
280 Followers 1K Following Former organizer/political staffer. Lover of public transit, affordable housing and Italian food. Alumni @newmarkjschool and fmr @cityandstateny
Annie Donovan @ADonovanRDF
1K Followers 320 Following CEO @RazaFund I @LISC_HQ alum| fmr @USTreasury @CDFIFund Director| fmr @WhiteHouse Social Innovator| @capitalimpact alum| @PeaceCorps
Barika X Williams @barikaXw
1K Followers 1K Following believer + blackness | ED at @anhdnyc | disruptor for transformation | justice warrior | data wonk | authentic X --all opinions my own
Cooper Square Committ... @CooperSq
1K Followers 389 Following Organizing Lower East Side tenants since 1959. Proud victors against Robert Moses' plan to destroy our community. Still building a tenant movement today!
Augie Gastelum @Augiegas
453 Followers 583 Following Passionate about life, and the way we live it. Localist. Recent urbanist. Born in Mexico, grew up in Mesa, AZ and love it here. Doing things to change things!
Catcom Computers Inc @CatcomComputers
25K Followers 28K Following Lenovo, IBM, Sony Authorized Service Center.
Bruno Kretzschmar @bpkretzschmar
150 Followers 280 Following Read https://t.co/2aiXyHa45o | Helping CDFIs navigate technology | Former Professional Athlete | Head Coach @wandobvb
fucklawns @ariellehersh
231 Followers 2K Following let's talk about social housing baybeeee policy director at UHAB, views are all mine
Alan Minor @AlanMinor
678 Followers 5K Following Conjurer in Lenapehoking (BK) from Muscogee Territory (Arlington/Elyton, West End, B'ham, AL)
Michael R. Hernandez @MrHernandezEsq
308 Followers 2K Following New York Policy Director for Rewiring America
Gittell Collective @GittellCUNY
119 Followers 142 Following Based at the CUNY Graduate Center, the Gittell Collective works in the legacy of Marilyn Jacobs Gittell by engaging communities, scholars, and activists.
LISC Central Illinois @LISC_CentralIL
391 Followers 324 Following With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America-great place to live, work, visit, do business and rai
Denise Scott @LISCDeniseScott
190 Followers 139 Following @LISC_HQ former President | @NewYorkFed former Board Member | former @WhiteHouse appointee to @HUDgov | 40+ years in #commdev
todd @toddeat
228 Followers 3K Following Seeking announcements of upcoming NYC street actions & talks
Rebecca Kusner @rkkusner
1K Followers 2K Following Workforce strategist advancing racial equity, job-quality, strong systems, and the future of #wkdev.
a @AndyBeck14
865 Followers 4K Following Neareastside Naptown - People over Property - CLT team @homes_indy - Tenant Advocate Program @ Indy - MUD @BallStateCAPIC
Alex Azan 🌱 @alex_azan
438 Followers 1K Following environmental epi assistant prof and primary care doc tweets 🤝 my thoughts (he/him) https://t.co/PB3xvrBlqN
Yana Kucheva @ykucheva
574 Followers 1K Following Sociologist, demographer, indoor gardener @CPowellSchool @CityCollegeNY; housing policy; book: "Moving toward Integration" https://t.co/cB8GWgrbHy; she/her
Kaitlyn Bean @katieabean
559 Followers 3K Following Aspiring policy and workforce wonk | Always learning | Deputy Director @SkillWorks_MA @bostonfdn | Tweets/opinions are my own | #wkdev #mapoli #blm
Maggie A. @maggieintransit
49 Followers 173 Following Transit and placemaking geek in the Mid-Atlantic. Tweets my own.
Debi Martin @DebiMar55268422
23 Followers 510 Following
Lex @LexDuwe
63 Followers 217 Following
LISC Hampton Roads @LISCHamptonRds
51 Followers 99 Following LISC Hampton Roads is a nonprofit that provides opportunities for people living in economically stressed neighborhoods.
SeedCommons @SeedCommons
1K Followers 432 Following We create non‑extractive financial infrastructure that shifts economic power to workers and communities.
navjeet singh @snavjeet
369 Followers 778 Following Workforce development leader, evaluator, coach & consultant #jobs #careers tracking #USeconomy #leadership #learning; #wkdev #skillsgap own views
Flushing Suburban Civ... @fsca1946
66 Followers 288 Following Incorporated in 1946, the Flushing Suburban Civic Association’s purpose is to maintain an interest in civic, social & political affairs in our community.
Geraldine E. Baum @GeraldineEBaum
938 Followers 871 Following Chief Comms Officer @PENamerica; forever a journalist, big byline file: LATimes, Newsday, Miami Herald; loves a good story & Twizzlers; @NewsLitProject
Annie Q 307 @annieqcrowley
4K Followers 4K Following 50-something ER RN. I've been married to my British husband for 22 years & it's been a laugh a minute! I'm a progressive with very strong opinions! Don't DM Me
Local Initiatives Sup... @LISC_HQ
14K Followers 3K Following Follow us on LinkedIn + more: https://t.co/PMeBEyiqyK National nonprofit helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America.
LISC NY @LISC_NYC
2K Followers 1K Following For over 40 years, LISC NY has directed capital, strategy, & expertise to unrealized #NY markets.
Met Council on Housin... @Met_Council
6K Followers 907 Following For 60 years, Met Council on Housing has fought to ensure safe, stable, and affordable housing for all New Yorkers. Tenants' Rights Hotline: 212-979-0611
George Ashton @GeorgeAshtonIII
608 Followers 485 Following CEO, @CandideGroup Candide Group supports families, foundations, and other investors who want to flow their money into social-justice focused investments.
LISC Policy @LISC_Policy
3K Followers 3K Following @LISC_HQ's Policy Department supports the public policies and resources needed for comprehensive community development.
The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc
20K Followers 957 Following Tenants are half the state. We keep New York running. If we unite, we can win beautiful, safe, affordable homes for all. Sister org to @housing4allNY.
New Economy Project @NewEconomyNYC
6K Followers 2K Following Working with community groups to build a just economy, rooted in cooperation, neighborhood and racial equity, and ecological sustainability.
Housing Matters @Housing360
10K Followers 1K Following The latest news and research on how housing affects all aspects of our lives—brought to you by @urbaninstitute. #HousingMatters
Chhaya CDC @ChhayaCDC
3K Followers 684 Following Chhaya is a Community Development Corporation that builds the power, housing stability & economic well-being of South Asian & Indo-Caribbean communities in NYC.
LISC DC @LISC_DC
2K Followers 929 Following We're one of the country’s largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America and DC for 43 years.
Rural LISC @RuralLISC
2K Followers 1K Following We're the Rural arm of @LISC_HQ. Since 1995, we've worked with 150+ community-based partners to strengthen Rural communities in all 50 states, PR, USVI + Guam.
Make the Road NY 🦋 @MaketheRoadNY
45K Followers 4K Following Building power of immigrant, Black, and brown communities to achieve dignity & justice. 28,000+ members. RTs ≠ endorsements. DONATE: https://t.co/XPC5rxJrMR
Office of New York Ci... @NYCComptroller
64K Followers 2K Following Official account of NYC Comptroller. Working to hold NYC gov't accountable and secure a more just & sustainable future.
LISC Education @LISCEducation
815 Followers 1K Following A program of @LISC_HQ that funds school facilities for high quality charters. Learn more on SchoolBuild, our one stop research shop for charters.
Community Service Soc... @CSSNYorg
9K Followers 3K Following We work with and for New Yorkers to promote economic opportunity & champion an equitable city & state https://t.co/aBdi7gph68
LISC Chicago @LISCChicago
5K Followers 3K Following Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago is the local office of the nation’s leading community development support organization.
LISC Indianapolis @IndyLISC
3K Followers 782 Following We work with local organizations to help neighbors transform communities into great places to live, work, do business, and raise families.
Right to Counsel NYC ... @RTCNYC
4K Followers 1K Following The #RTCNYC coalition is made up of tenants, organizers, lawyers, and more! We led the fight to make it a right to have a lawyer if you face an eviction in NYC!
Capital Impact Partne... @capitalimpact
6K Followers 2K Following Building communities of opportunity that break barriers to success via mission-driven financing, social impact programs, capacity building & impact investing
Tara Raghuveer @taraghuveer
12K Followers 2K Following Tenant Organizer @KCTenants / @KCTenantsPower and Tenant Union Federation @TenantFed
MHaction @MHaction
1K Followers 521 Following National organization of manufactured home community residents fighting for affordable communities/economic security and racial/gender justice. RT ≠ endorsement
RVA Eviction Lab @RVAEvictionLab
1K Followers 60 Following We focus on data to understand the eviction crisis in Richmond and Virginia and to support those who are most affected by the crisis to drive change
David Madden @davidjmadden
20K Followers 939 Following Sociologist at LSE studying cities, housing, and social theory. Co-author, In Defense of Housing
Urban Manufacturing A... @UMfgAlliance
2K Followers 3K Following UMA is a coalition working to grow more equitable economies in cities by building robust, environmentally sustainable, & inclusive urban #manufacturing sectors.
RadicalHousingJournal... @Radical_Housing
7K Followers 980 Following Housing | Research | Activism | Twelfth issue out June 2025 BSKY @radicalhousing.bsky.social - IG @radical.housing.journal - LinkedIn: Radical Housing Journal
Tom Collishaw @TCollishaw
168 Followers 231 Following CEO of Self-Help Enterprises (@SelfHelpEnt), a housing & community development organization. New York Mets fan.
Annie Donovan @ADonovanRDF
1K Followers 320 Following CEO @RazaFund I @LISC_HQ alum| fmr @USTreasury @CDFIFund Director| fmr @WhiteHouse Social Innovator| @capitalimpact alum| @PeaceCorps
Will McMahon @wmcmahon1963
161 Followers 204 Following
Heather Vogell @hvogell
14K Followers 1K Following @ProPublica reporter. Writing about space, trade policy, rental housing, Trump $$ Tips: [email protected]. DM for Signal. @heathervogell on bsky
Dr. Sara Sternberg Gr... @SaraJSGreene
1K Followers 1K Following Professor at Duke Law. Sociologist. Research focuses on poverty, consumer law, and access to justice using empirical (mostly qualitative) methods. Mother of 3.
LPE Blog @LPEblog
16K Followers 346 Following A blog that explores the co-constitution of law and political economy. Part of @lpe_project. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/w2dhcnKrUy
Cooper Square Committ... @CooperSq
1K Followers 389 Following Organizing Lower East Side tenants since 1959. Proud victors against Robert Moses' plan to destroy our community. Still building a tenant movement today!
Vicki Been @VickiBeen
3K Followers 979 Following NYU Law prof; @FurmanCenter; Former Dep. Mayor Housing & Econ Development @nycgov. Working toward affordable housing & better, more equitable land use!
TakeRoot Justice @TakerootNYC
1K Followers 459 Following Law, research, and policy for organizing in NYC.
East Harlem/El Barrio... @EHEBCLT
766 Followers 561 Following The East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust advocates for community controlled resources to address the need for permanently and truly affordable housing.
northwestbronx @northwestbronx
3K Followers 441 Following NWBCCC is a member-led grassroots organization that fights for racial justice and economic democracy in the #Bronx and beyond!
East New York CLT @EastNewYorkCLT
1K Followers 322 Following We are an organization of East New York and Brownsville residents fighting to stop the displacement of working class Black and Brown ppl from our community
Gittell Collective @GittellCUNY
119 Followers 142 Following Based at the CUNY Graduate Center, the Gittell Collective works in the legacy of Marilyn Jacobs Gittell by engaging communities, scholars, and activists.
Denise Scott @LISCDeniseScott
190 Followers 139 Following @LISC_HQ former President | @NewYorkFed former Board Member | former @WhiteHouse appointee to @HUDgov | 40+ years in #commdev
KC Tenants @KCTenants
13K Followers 126 Following Citywide tenant union, organizing to ensure that every Kansas Citian has a safe, accessible, and truly affordable home 💥 #HouseThePeople
Andrew Aurand @AGAurand
1K Followers 732 Following Senior Vice President for Research, National Low Income Housing Coalition @NLIHC. Retweets = interesting, but not always an endorsement.
The Real Deal @trdny
77K Followers 3K Following 🗞 #RealEstateNews ✍️ Bringing transparency to one of the world's most important and least understood industries. 📬 Send tips to [email protected]
Alaina Harkness @harknessa
3K Followers 5K Following
Enterprise Policy @E_HousingPolicy
7K Followers 923 Following The official account of the @EnterpriseNow Policy team, which works to advance affordable housing and community development policies at the federal level.
The Enterprise Center... @TeCpathstone
403 Followers 232 Following We help underserved entrepreneurs and small businesses grow by: 💰 Providing Loans 👩🏻💻 Technical Assistance 👨🏽🏫 Business Coaching
Community Opportunity... @CommOppAll
2K Followers 359 Following The Community Opportunity Alliance is a national nonprofit that builds the community development field.
LISC Hampton Roads @LISCHamptonRds
51 Followers 99 Following LISC Hampton Roads is a nonprofit that provides opportunities for people living in economically stressed neighborhoods.
Cea Weaver @ceaweaver
11K Followers 3K Following tenant organizing and campaigns. director @tenantbloc , NYU adjunct and proud union member w @uaw7902
#EvictionFreeBX CASA-... @CASAbronx
6K Followers 4K Following CASA organizes tenants for safe & affordable housing through collective action! #EvictionFreeBX #RightToCounsel #RentRollback #CASAPOWER
Renters Rising @Renters_Rising
385 Followers 37 Following Renters Rising believes in decommodifying housing and organizing for a housing system where everyone has a Home to Thrive.
NYHousingConference @theNYHC
4K Followers 2K Following Policy, news & event info source for the New York affordable housing community. Administered by the New York Housing Conference and Rising Leaders Network.
HUD User @HUDUSERnews
9K Followers 27 Following Working to ensure Americans have access to fair, affordable housing, and opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency, thereby strengthening our nation.
Department of Housing... @HUDgov
295K Followers 76 Following Working to ensure Americans have access to fair, affordable housing, and opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency, thereby strengthening our nation.
FEMA @fema
822K Followers 778 Following Helping people before, during and after disasters. ¿Habla español? Siga a @FEMAEspanol. Social media policies: https://t.co/88yAQIxzeW
Michelle @michelleharati
454 Followers 5K Following
Walton Foundation @WaltonFamilyFdn
24K Followers 2K Following The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation, working to create access to opportunity for people and communities.
GrantmakersInTheArts @GIArts
6K Followers 732 Following As of 1/1/2024, this account is no longer active. Please connect with us on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram!
Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts
95K Followers 1K Following The NEA is an independent federal government agency that supports artistic excellence, creativity & innovation for the benefit of individuals & communities.
Americans for the Art... @Americans4Arts
59K Followers 4K Following Americans for the Arts is a nonprofit organization that advances the arts and arts education advocacy in America 🎨 Register for #AFTACON ⬇️ RTs ≠ endorsements.
EmcArts @EmcArts
3K Followers 1K Following EmcArts works alongside people, organizations, and communities as they take on their most complex challenges.
ArtsFwd (EmcArts) @ArtsFwd
5K Followers 3K Following An online community of arts & culture leaders committed to doing things differently to adapt to today’s rapidly changing world. An initiative of @EmcArts.
Sarah Saadian @SarahSaadian
4K Followers 4K Following DC policy nerd working to support your local nonprofit.