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Two groups that are sometimes perceived to be at odds—the prohousing community and climate action leaders—are discovering far more common ground than disagreement when it comes to where and how to expand the nation’s supply of affordable housing.

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Building the right housing for communities will require banks, CDFIs, philanthropy, and community partners to increase local developer capacity, close last-mile financing gaps, expand locally appropriate housing, and connect housing investment to broader economic growth.

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On Tuesday at 2:20 p.m. CT, Senior Fellow and Director, Accelerating Community Investment (ACI) RJ McGrail will speak on an Aspen Ideas: Economy panel titled "From Policy to Place: Financing the Housing America Needs" in Tulsa.

Downtown Tulsa skyline aerial view with a park and lake in the foreground, during autumn.
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Drawing on a quantitative analysis of more than 300 cities and in-depth qualitative research in 20 of those cities, a new practitioner-oriented report from the Lincoln Institute explores the potential of “well-being growth,” an economic development approach that prioritizes people and place.

Cover of Remaking Local Economies: A Community-Centered Approach to Economic Development in Small and Midsized Cities by Haegi Kwon, Darla Munroe, and Jessie Grogan. An aerial photograph shows downtown Durham, North Carolina, with multistory buildings, construction, trees, and a community gathering featuring food trucks and tents in a grassy public space. The title and authors’ names appear in white text over the lower portion of the image.
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Vic Marles, Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) Board Chair and ILCN Steering Committee member, presented the award to Wilderlands co-founder and CEO Ash Knop today at the 2026 ALCA Conference in Nipaluna/Hobart, Australia.

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The Australian startup has designed and implemented one of the world’s first voluntary biodiversity credits to be tied to a permanent, legally binding land protection agreement.

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The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is delighted to announce that Wilderlands is the recipient of the 2026 International Land Conservation Network Conservation Innovation Award. Photo credit: Evan Maclean

Group of conservation leaders and partners pose together in an Australian landscape of low shrubs and grasslands beneath a blue sky.
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El objetivo de este seminario es generar un espacio de diálogo e intercambio sobre la evolución de las políticas de suelo en América Latina, poniendo énfasis en las agendas emergentes, las innovaciones impulsadas desde los gobiernos locales y los principales desafíos para su implementación.

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