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AFVN University of Miami Changing Neighborhoods Coordinator

Through the focus on affordable housing and inclusive community development, the University of Miami CCE has developed the Miami Housing Solutions Lab (MHSL), a suite of free, publicly accessible mapping tools designed to provide data-rich resources about affordable housing in the Miami metro region. According to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, the Miami metro area is home to the highest percentage of renters spending more than half of their incomes on housing costs in the country and the largest share of severely burdened renters. A recent report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition revealed that South Florida has one of the most severe shortages of rental housing for extremely low-income households, with 22 homes available for every 100 households. In 2023-2024, the University of Miami’s Office of Civic & Community Engagement (CCE) will continue to focus on the Affordable Housing Initiative and seek to build sustainability for the projects, partnerships, and initiatives based in underserved neighborhoods of Miami that the CCE has developed over the last decade. CCE works to support sensitive development in historic neighborhoods, including preserving and honoring local history, developing job and economic opportunities, and meeting affordable housing needs. UM CCE also works to harness and share data to engage with policy makers, planners, developers, community organizations, and scholars of urban issues to build capacity and study local housing and economic development issues. CCE continues to compile various sources of data to aggregate into publicly accessible mapping platforms and policy best practices on the Miami Housing Solutions Lab, which highlights the areas of greatest need for affordable housing within Miami-Dade County. The Changing Neighborhoods & Gentrification project will continue to create visualizations based on the gathered data from the Miami Housing Solutions Lab to share with community stakeholders.

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Member Duties : • Help prepare interactive & static graphs, charts & infographics using aggregated data from the Miami Housing Solutions Lab. • Help develop best practices & training material to develop community-based data visualizations • Plan forums & convenings of stakeholders related to CCE’s Miami Housing Solutions Lab initiatives & programs. Programs & initiatives include public events and lectures, stakeholders’ meetings, recruitment of UM students & research on current responses to the challenges facing struggling South FL communities • Coordinate w/CCE students to analyze collected resident oral histories on perceptions of climate influenced gentrification • Help coordinate meetings w/community partners to identify neighborhoods experiencing heightened interest for development • Maintain comprehensive database of community partners who already work with faculty in service-learning courses and/or community-based research projects

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Mentoring & Professional Development , Training , Relocation Allowance , Health Coverage* , Living Allowance .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Car recommended .

Service Areas : Community Outreach , Homelessness , Education , Housing , Community and Economic Development , Technology , Environment , Neighborhood Revitalization .

Skills : Community Organization , Conflict Resolution , Environment , Public Speaking , Team Work , Writing/Editing , Communications , Leadership , Computers/Technology , Urban Planning , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Data Visualization Tools, GIS , General Skills .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
AFVN University of Miami Changing Neighborhoods Coordinator

Program Start/End Date
06/15/2024 - 06/14/2025

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	FLORIDA Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

Accepting Applications
From 05/01/2024 To 08/31/2024

Contact	Anna Mitas
1111 Memorial Drive
Coral Gables FL 32314
850-644-1881
amitas@fsu.edu
thecenter.fsu.edu/AFVN

Listing ID	98049


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