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Reviving old strip malls: What can Mansfield learn from Woburn, Mass.?

Katie Ellington Serrao

November 29, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

As strip malls continue to decline, some urban planning and real estate experts are advocating to turn the spaces into mixed-use developments with both residential and commercial spaces. This redevelopment is an opportunity to revitalize and enrich a community by creating a village-like setting, like Woburn Village, with its 175,000 square-feet of commercial space and 350 housing units.

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How Pandemic Aid Is Boosting a Seattle-Area Tribe

Amy Yee

November 29, 2022 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Port Madison Indian Reservation, United States, Suquamish, Washington

As the prosperity of its local casino has driven up rents and mortgage rates, the Suquamish tribal government has prioritized affordable housing with initiatives such as mortgage assistance, subsidized rental houses, rent-to-own programs, and small studio homes. The reservation now has about 140 homes for tribal members and the community is allocating funding from the American Rescue Plan to build more.

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Building a Future for Young Adults Aged out of Foster Care

Gabi Lorino

November 28, 2022 |

Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Courtyard is an apartment complex that houses young adults, usually between ages 18 and 24 and focuses on those who have aged out of the foster care system and those at risk for homelessness. To help these young adults in need, The Courtyard has partnerships with more than 20 other local organizations to ensure residents have access to food, education, life skill training, and employment opportunities

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Eviction Intervention Program Helps Allen County Tenants Stay in Their Homes

Dave Gong

November 28, 2022 |

Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Just Neighbors Interfaith Homeless Network’s Eviction Intervention Program helps tenants avoid eviction by providing financial assistance and referrals to legal representation and other social service agencies. When approved under the Eviction Intervention Program, Just Neighbors will pay the tenant’s past-due rent and rent going forward for a set period of time to give tenants some leeway while they get their finances back on track.

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Rent controls are being explored in Bristol – can it learn from Lille?

Matty Edwards, Matthieu Slisse

November 23, 2022 |

The Bristol Cable |

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Response Location: France, Lille

Lille, France introduced rent controls in March 2020, causing the average rent to drop for the first time in several years in 2021. But due to inadequate outreach with tenants, a lack of enforcement, and loopholes in the regulations, more than 40 percent of rental listings in the city were out of compliance and charging more than technically allowed as of August 2022, and many residents report being hesitant to push back on landlords skirting the policy.

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Philadelphia Should be Proud of our Eviction Diversion Program

Jessica Blatt Press

November 21, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program connects tenants at risk of eviction with local nonprofits and organizations to help them through mediation with their landlords. This process avoids court proceedings that can damage renters’ credits while still keeping landlords paid.

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Tucson House staff, partners help young residents prepare for school

Caitlin Schmidt

November 21, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Tucson C.A.R.E.S., through the public housing community Tucson House, provides resources and services like pop-up pet vaccine clinics, food assistance, eviction prevention and connections to physical and mental health care, to residents in need. Tucson C.A.R.E.S. referred about 700 residents to various service providers in its first year.

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The Florida Neighborhood Hurricanes Can't Gentrify

Alexandra Applegate

November 17, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Big Pine Key, Florida

In the wake of natural disasters, community land trusts (CLTs) are popping up in areas like Florida and Texas where hurricane damage is most severe. CLTs help provide affordable housing options to those impacted by natural disasters. Repairs can be extremely expensive and oftentimes in the wake of storms once affordable neighborhoods become gentrified, pushing out the original residents.

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Tenants are banding together to address Jackson's housing crisis. Can they fix it?

Mary Steurer

November 17, 2022 |

Casper Star-Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

Shelter JH is a local housing advocacy group that gathers members to work together to get better representation in housing-related decisions in the area. The group canvasses neighborhoods to recruit voters, speaks on housing bills at the statehouse and hosts meetings and educational sessions that connect people with local policymakers and housing opportunities. The group was formed in 2016 and now has about 550 members.

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In New York, ‘Housing First' Approach Helps Unhoused People Find Stability

Meryl Davids Landau

November 17, 2022 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, New York

HousingPlus, a New York nonprofit, uses a housing-first approach to help women experiencing homelessness. They offer the women and their children a permanent home at a reduced rent rate based on their income, and the nonprofit covers the rest through different funding streams. The approach is intended to give women stability so they can work on other tasks like finding employment, treating addiction, or improving their mental health.

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