Amber Chandler is on the Catalytic Projects Team  of the Detroit based, nation serving nonprofit Community Solutions. Community Solutions believes that we as a community can create a sustaining end to homelessness that leaves no one behind. The Built for Zero movement, led by Community Solutions, is a network of 80+ national communities changing how they each directly impact homelessness and strive for its end.

Currently, Amber is leading the work around policy and equity for multiple projects on the Catalytic Projects Team portfolio. Prior to her work in Built for Zero, Amber was the Housing Director for the North Hartford Partnership where she worked to dismantle systematic impediments that create the precursors to homelessness. She collaborated with organizations to bring forth agency to residents in hopes they would create a neighborhood of their choosing. In her tenure as the Housing Director, Amber spearheaded and developed the first ever community land trust in Connecticut.

Before becoming an agent of change within Community Solutions Amber worked for: the Detroit Land Bank Authority, LISC , ArtSpace Projects Inc., and the City of Detroit. Amber is a graduate of Howard University and University of Michigan Law.

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