August marks the third and final theme of ULI Washington’s 2021 Summer Equity Challenge – Advancing Racial Equity Through Policy & Practice.

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Broad Policy Recommendations

Housing Equity and Urban Planning

• Don’t Block Gentrification, Manage It (Article)
• Closing the Equity Gap: Developing Affordable Housing in High Income Neighborhoods. (Article)
• Bridging the Gap: Building an Equitable Housing System (Article with Videos – 1 hr 6 min total)
• Why Participatory Planning Fails (and How to Fix It) (Article)
• Design for Equitable Communities (Article)
• How can DC Reverse and Prevent Cultural Displacement of Black Latines? (Article)

Workplace and Interpersonal Strategies

• The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation by Fania E. Davis (Book)
• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee (Book)
• Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities by United States
  Environmental Protection Agency (Report)
• Embedding Equity into Placemaking by Mark Treskon, Kimberly Burrowes, and Olivia Arena (Report)
• The Ingredients of Equitable Development Planning by Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (Report)