In addition to our Teacher Village Housing, which provides affordable rents for current educators of color, Watts of Power Foundation has developed our policy platform, “Buy Back the Block”, centered on a reparative approach to make homeownership possible for educators again. Using feedback from educators across the state, we have identified key initiatives to increase educator homeownership.

1. ESTABLISH TARGETED DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2. CREATE EDUCATOR HOUSING TRUSTS

3. INVEST IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATOR WORKFORCE HOUSING

4. INITIATIVE FIRST LOOK PURCHASING FOR EDUCATORS

5. ESTABLISH A PILOT OF REPARATIVE TRANSFERS FOR BLACK EDUCATORS