Asset Building

Solutions

Historically, efforts to increase access to affordable housing have focused on helping people get by, but for too often, there has simply been little assistance available. Recently, however, thinking has shifted towards the concept of helping people get ahead by accumulating financial assets and personal skills such as job training or English as a Second Language. These innovative new approaches address the challenges of housing and poverty in economic terms, offering solutions that create wealth for working families and others who seek to enter the economic mainstream. The benefits of this approach will extend to individuals, families and to their communities for generations.