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Lauren Williams, Program Manager, Affordable Housing & Entrepreneurship

Areas of Expertise: Affordable Housing, Small Business

As a member of the Affordable Housing team, Lauren works to promote the use of high-quality manufactured housing as a key source of affordable homeownership and to encourage the use of affordable housing as a platform for other asset-building initiatives. She is also a member of the Entrepreneurship team, where she spends most of her time on the Self-Employment Tax Initiative (SETI), CFED’s strategic program designed to demonstrate how community-based organizations can leverage the tax moment to support low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs. Lauren works on the development and implementation of these initiatives, providing research, writing, program coordination, policy advocacy and capacity-building support for the field.

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Most Recent Blog Posts

May 14, 2012

Making Programs Pay for Themselves

Over the past couple years, SETI has worked with the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union

Mar 16, 2012

Cooperative Solutions for Affordable Senior Housing in Rural America

On Monday, March 19, CFED President Andrea Levere and Director of Affordable Housing Initiatives Rick Haughey

Mar 12, 2012

Coming Soon: Credit Union Engagement in Manufactured Home Financing

Credit Unions and Financing Manufactured Homes: Opportunities & Innovations, Thursday, April 5, 3:30 - 5:00 pm EDT

Feb 23, 2012

Hot Off the Press: Empowering Entrepreneurs at Tax Time

Take a look at SETI’s first-ever brief on Empowering Entrepreneurs at Tax Time! This brief, sponsored by the Northwest Area Foundation

Feb 10, 2012

Congressional Hearing on Implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000

Congressional hearings are typically information-gathering sessions where expert witnesses take the hot seat

Feb 6, 2012

A Win-Win Program: IRS' Voluntary Compliance

Small businesses need to be honest about those they employ versus those they enter into contracts with as independent contractors

Jan 25, 2012

OpportunityTexas Savings Bond

Foundation Communities has been a creative, high-performing Self-Employment Tax Initiative local partner since 2008

Jan 23, 2012

This Friday is EITC Awareness Day!

Join the National Community Tax Coalition & CFED for an EITC Policy Briefing on Capitol Hill this Thursday

Jan 13, 2012

New Resource: 2012 Tax Credit Outreach Community Tool Kit

Out friends at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) are pleased to announce the availability

Dec 23, 2011

New Financial Education Guide for VITA Programs

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty programs.

Dec 5, 2011

Vote Next Step as Your Fan Favorite!

McKinsey on Society is holding a video contest for social innovators. Their goal is to “create

Nov 14, 2011

Webinar Recap: Bringing it All Home

On Tuesday, November 1st I’M HOME and USDA Rural Development co-hosted Bringing it All

Nov 10, 2011

Recap: Big Ideas for Job Creation

A few days ago, the two of us attended a forum in Washington titled “Big Ideas for Job Creation.”

Oct 25, 2011

I’M HOME Retreat Takeaways

On October 5 & 6, CFED staff convened about 75 nonprofit and industry leaders from the manufactured

Oct 3, 2011

Engaging Community Colleges in Small Business Development: StartZone

Community colleges have long been an important local resource for economic development. A key part of this

Sep 28, 2011

Titling Manufactured Homes: Opting In vs. Opting Out

More than 17 million people in the U.S. live in 6.8 million manufactured homes. Nearly half of those homes

Sep 27, 2011

Expanding VITA: The Final Report

In 2010, CFED’s Self-Employment Tax Initiative (SETI), the National Community Tax Coalition

Sep 15, 2011

New Manufactured Housing Toolkit Resource Guide Released

CFED and our partners have developed a set of tools to help advocates educate policymakers,

Aug 10, 2011

I'M HOME National Partner Update

The Next Step™ network of members is growing.

Jul 28, 2011

Bringing it All Home: What’s Next?

In May, we brought together over 80 federal agency staff, nonprofit leaders and other allies to discuss Manufactured

Jul 19, 2011

Finding Startups in Unexpected Places

In Thomas Friedman’s July 12th op-ed column in the New York Times, he points out the mismatched nature

Jun 23, 2011

Highlights from 'Mapping the Future'

Two weeks ago, I made my way to Chicago for the NCTC Conference, Mapping the Future,

May 31, 2011

Bringing it All Home: Manufactured Housing and the Future of Affordable Housing

Manufactured housing represents the largest source of affordable housing in this country, yet it has historically been left out of many federal

Apr 26, 2011

Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged

Katherine Newman and Rourke O’Brien’s new book, Taxing the Poor, takes an in depth look at

Apr 13, 2011

A Win for Resident-Owned Communities

On October 29, I’M HOME partner PathStone Corporation facilitated the resident co-op purchase

Mar 25, 2011

Montana's First Resident-Owned Community

NeighborWorks® Montana helped the homeowners of a 32-home community in Kalispell

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