What We Do
Inclusionary Housing
Inclusionary Housing is an approach to building more economically integrated cities. Inclusionary programs require builders of new housing to include some units that are affordable to lower income residents.
We have worked with elected officials and housing departments to help design or implement inclusionary housing policies in more than a dozen American cities including San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, Honolulu and New York.
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Web Based Tools
Consultants are in the business of learning and sharing what we learn. In the past that meant writing reports. But, lets face it, people don’t read as much as they used to.
Today, we have to work harder to distill information and meet people where they are. And increasingly where they are is online.
Street Level has been pioneering the development of interactive online tools to engage policymakers in complex issues.
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Shared Equity Homeownership
Shared Equity Homeownership programs provide support to help lower income families to buy homes but they structure this help as an investment rather than a grant so that limited public resources can grow along with the need.
Street Level Principal Rick Jacobus secured a $5 million investment from the Social Innovation Fund to help bring this new idea to scale.
Commercial Revitalization
Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization programs help bring life back to distressed neighborhoods by supporting the growth of locally serving businesses districts.
We have helped community organizations across the country to craft strategies that enhance their neighborhood’s existing identity to attract new retail development.