Rick Jacobus

Rick Jacobus, is a consultant specializing in neighborhood revitalization. He manages the Shared Equity Homeownership Initiative for NCB Capital Impact. NCB Capital Impact is a national non-profit community development organization that provides financial services and technical assistance. His work focuses on strengthening low- and moderate-income communities through the creation of permanently affordable homeownership opportunities and neighborhood retail development.

Rick is one of California's leading experts in permanently affordable homeownership and the Community Land Trust Model and is the author of a chapter on Community Land Trusts in the Affordable Housing Deskbook, forthcoming from Solano Press. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley.

Mr. Jacobus has over 16 years of professional experience in neighborhood development and holds a Masters of City Planning Degree from the University of California at Berkley.