Housing Archives - Community Practice Lab

Sayoko Kawabata, Ryan Lavalley, and Kevin Giff meet with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's Neighborhood Engagement Team for a final handoff of processes

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) concluded three years of partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (Habitat) in summer 2024. The CPL has supported Habitat in developing and implementing sustainable processes for community engagement. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, an affiliate of the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity International, helps families build and improve …

Community Practice Lab (CPL) Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley and Housing Fellow Leiha Edmonds presented a national webinar for the Administration of Community Living (ACL). The webinar, titled “Expanding Home Accessibility Services: Strategies for Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaborations,” was presented for the ACL’s Housing and Services Resource Center. A branch of the U.S. Department of Health …

Front page of OCHPC 2023 report reading: 2023 Orange County Home Preservation Coalition Evaluation Report | Prepared by UNC Chapel Hill Department of Health Sciences Community Practice Lab

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) has published the 2023 Orange County Home Preservation Coalition (OCHPC) Program Evaluation. Integrating a racial equity lens, the report describes the OCHPC and its goals, details program evaluation findings, and outlines recommendations for OCHPC to enhance the delivery of home preservation services within Orange County. The Orange County Home Preservation …

Community Practice Lab (CPL) Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley and Lead Housing Fellow Leiha Edmonds worked with the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity in a day-long workshop to support their developing home repair collaborative. Participants mapped out partnership roles, explored questions of access and marginalization, and built infrastructure for a home repair network database. Through homeownership …

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Weaving and casting a “NET”: Celebrating 3 years creating and supporting Habitat’s Neighborhood Engagement Team

CPL staff present national webinar for the Administration of Community Living’s Housing and Services Resource Center

CPL Intern Jen Farris integrates racial equity lens in 2023 Orange County Home Preservation Coalition Program Evaluation

CPL team facilitates workshop to support Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity in developing home repair collaborative and database