Maybe it Really Does Take a Village: Supporting the Creation of High-Quality Unsubsidized Affordable Rental Housing in Legacy Cities

About the Authors

Ira Goldstein

Senior Advisor, Policy Solutions

Ira Goldstein, Ph.D., is the Senior Advisor of Policy Solutions at Reinvestment Fund, a results-oriented, socially responsible community investment group. Dr. Goldstein has conducted detailed spatial and statistical analyses in many cities and regions across the US.

Emily Dowdall

President, Policy Solutions

Emily Dowdall is President of Policy Solutions at Reinvestment Fund. She works with government, philanthropic, nonprofit, and other civic leaders across the country to support strategic decision-making to strengthen communities. Ms. Dowdall leads a team of skilled analysts in conducting research and building analytic tools that help stakeholders implement effective interventions and address entrenched challenges. Her expertise includes approaches to understanding and intervening in housing markets, strategies to stabilize households and neighborhoods, affordable housing needs, fair housing, early child education access, and program evaluation.

Jacob Rosch

Senior Policy Analyst

Jacob Rosch conducts quantitative and qualitative research at Reinvestment Fund. He leads projects to help philanthropic, government, and private investors design strategies to support the expansion of high-quality child care, build healthy and thriving communities, and improve the lives of residents and families in disadvantaged communities.

Kevin Reeves

Director of Impact & Portfolio Analytics

As Reinvestment Fund’s Impact Analyst, Kevin Reeves assesses the outcomes and impacts of Reinvestment Fund’s loans, grants, and New Markets Tax Credits investments. Additionally, he completed the 2018 update to Reinvestment Fund’s Limited Supermarket Access (LSA) Analysis and a case study evaluation of Colorado Enterprise Fund’s Fresh Food Lending program.