The Story.
Meet the Artist.
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Meet the Artist.
Meet the Artist. ~ Meet the Artist.
Manny Shorter
Camille Stemmons
How It All Started..
The Story Behind Greenline Housing Foundation
While studying for her California real estate license exam, Jasmin Shupper, was struck by a fact that would eventually shape her life’s calling: it wasn’t until 1968 that it became illegal in every state to discriminate on the basis of race in the sale, rental, and financing of real estate. Which means that before then, in many states, lenders and sellers could use race as a legal reason to deny extending loans and transferring property.
It is a well known fact that one of the greatest accumulators of wealth occurs through real estate that is passed down from generation to generation, and the wealth from the appreciation of those assets is often what funds future real estate purchases, education, and businesses. However, due to the fact that discrimination in housing was legal and pervasive through practices such as redlining, restrictive covenants, immanent domain, and more, generations of people of color, and specifically Black people, have been left behind. Jasmin, recalling her own lived experiences of blatant racism and discrimination, and angry with what this legacy means for people of color, dreamed of a way to increase minority homeownership and provide a solution to a systemic problem that has impacted generations.
Greenline Housing Foundation is that solution. Stewarding her anger and translating it into righteous action to bring about lasting change, Greenline is providing down payment grants, home maintenance grants, and financial education to qualified people of color to help restore justice,
— as God intended it, one home at a time.
Jasmin Shupper: Founder and CEO of GreenLine Housing
The first local community organization to implement an emergency land-banking initiative post-fire to keep properties out of the hands of those looking to capitalize from this disaster.
We purchased our first lot in Altadena that was impacted by the Eaton Fire with a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation.
To date we’ve purchased three properties, investing over $1.6 million back into the community to ensure that the future use of this land is community-centered and informed and we plan to purchase more properties for this purpose to keep Altadena land in Altadena hands.