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  • 'We're trusting in God's economy': Asheville church provides low-barrier rent relief to vulnerable residents

    November 21, 2024 |

    Blue Ridge Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    A church is helping residents of Asheville, North Carolina, pay their overdue rent and utility bills after Hurricane Helene. It's using discretionary funds and working with landlords to help those who apply.

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  • To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks

    October 30, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States

    Residents of mobile home communities are coming together to collectively buy the land their houses are on and establish cooperatives. It ensures their rent stays affordable long term, and some state governments are making it easier to do so to help address housing affordability crises.

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  • "This is home now": The foster home rebuilding the lives of children displaced by conflicts

    October 11, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau

    The Kids with a Vision Foundation (K-WAVF) provides care and shelter, particularly to vulnerable youth displaced by conflicts. K-WAVF’s team of community representatives also partners with local schools to take youth on educational field trips and provide vocational training. Since its inception in 2013, K-WAVF has extended its reach across five local government areas in the state.

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  • Passive House standards a solution for efficient affordable housing

    September 04, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States

    Housing developers are following the Passive House standards to create affordable housing that’s incredibly energy efficient. These buildings are air-tight with efficient ventilation and strategically positioned windows, so they don’t need central heating and cooling systems.

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  • Austin's Rapid Rehousing Program, Explained

    September 04, 2024 |

    The Austin Common |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Austin’s Rapid Rehousing Program offers up to two years of rent assistance for people exiting homelessness alongside other support services that help connect them to the resources they need.

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  • Is Housing First a cure for homelessness?

    August 27, 2024 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Housing First model focuses on helping people experiencing homelessness to find stable housing and meet their basic needs before addressing anything else. It's taking off in cities across the United States.

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  • An air conditioning law, the first in its region, changed tenants' rights in this Maryland county

    August 22, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    To protect tenants from extreme heat, lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, passed a policy requiring landlords to provide air conditioning capable of cooling units to at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit from June through September.

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  • Solving Homelessness In Austin: Rapid Rehousing

    August 08, 2024 |

    The Austin Common |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Rapid Rehousing Program in Austin, Texas, provides people exiting homelessness with rent support for up to two years, tapering the amount down over time. A community group called Vocal-TX is bringing people in the program together to elevate their voices and propose improvements.

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  • Decline in Veterans' Homelessness Spurs Hopes for a Broader Solution

    August 06, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Housing vouchers from HUD-VASH are helping decrease rates of homelessness among veterans by providing support that pays for a portion of their rent, while the federal government covers the rest up to a local ceiling. Congress expands the program every year and has so far created about 110,000 vouchers available nationwide.

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  • They pair former inmates with homeowners, with unusual success. And they're expanding to Long Beach

    July 28, 2024 |

    Long Beach Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Homecoming Project combats recidivism by paring people who were formerly incarcerated for more than ten years with local residents who offer them a place to stay and help them navigate life skills. Six years after the start of the program, no participants have returned to prison.

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