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  • 'It's like family': Swedish housing experiment designed to cure loneliness

    September 15, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Helsingborg

    A multigenerational housing program in Sweden aims to combat social isolation of seniors and increase understanding between native Swedes and the young refugee population. About half of the 72 residents are over 70 and the rest are aged 18-25 from culturally diverse backgrounds. To live there, residents must agree to socialize for at least 2 hours a week. The coronavirus revealed a need to ensure all residents take precautions to protect the higher-risk seniors but is also revealed the strength of the relationships formed, where the younger residents helped run errands and care for their senior neighbors.

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  • How a Charlotte Nonprofit Links Landlords With People Experiencing Homelessness

    September 15, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    A real estate developer has teamed up with homelessness service organizations to house working families. The Lotus Campaign gives landlords $1,000 a year to rent a unit to a family that is at risk of homelessness or is already experiencing it. Rent is paid by the organization and any damages to the unit are covered. Landlords taking part in the program waive security deposits, credit checks, records of employment, and provide a 30-day window before seeking evictions. The pilot program intends to demonstrate that the private housing sector can alleviate homelessness if given the chance and the incentive.

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  • Cooperative Housing Is Redefining 'Home' for People with Disabilities

    September 11, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Striking a balance between interdependence and independence is crucial for those living with disabilities. Finding affordable housing that is accessible and accommodates a disability is difficult to secure and often the only options are institutionalized living. Able Community is a non-profit cooperative that has designed a house which provides independence along with all the accommodations needed for residents. Residents control critical aspects of the experience from health care to food options and maintenance. The Able community plans to scale its affordable and accessible housing plan.

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  • How South African activists hope to integrate cities built to divide

    September 11, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    The South African government has provided free apartments to millions of people since the end of apartheid, in part as a way to address structural inequalities rooted in apartheid. The program has been a lifeline for many but has also exacerbated segregation because the housing is built just outside of cities, where Black, Asian, and mixed-race South Africans were once legally required to live. This creates new structural inequalities because it makes it harder to access good jobs, which tend to be in the city center. Advocates are now petitioning the government to build housing in the city center.

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  • For many Chicago communities, there is no COVID safety net. So teachers are stepping in.

    September 08, 2020 |

    Chalkbeat Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In Chicago, teachers across the city created mutual aid groups to help students and their families pay rent, buy groceries, or cover medical bills. By using their existing networks, social media, and apps like Venmo, groups have been able to raise thousands of dollars. One mutual aid group from Roberto Clemente Community Academy in Humboldt Park raised $34,288 in about six months. “If we don’t help, who will?”

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  • Minnesota roommate program hopes to improve caregiving for people with disabilities in Minnesota

    September 06, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Melrose, Minnesota

    A new housing program in Minnesota is building off of an existing program to better provide housing for the developmentally disabled and their potential caregivers. The program known as "Rumi" helps cut costs associated with such housing by creating "a relationship-based model between developmentally disabled folks and full-time roommates who care for them in their homes."

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  • New Community Responses Bring Hope to the Homeless in Washington, D.C., But They Still Need More Permanent Housing

    August 30, 2020 |

    Law at the Margins |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Washington D.C. has decreased the number of people experiencing homelessness through the implementation of its permanent supportive housing programs. The 'housing first' initiatives prioritize providing permanent housing to those experiencing homelessness and then connecting those residents to all the services they need to maintain that housing. There are no requirements of sobriety, employment, or medication to receive the permanent housing. The local government adopted the housing first approach in 2008 and has seen a decline in homelessness.

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  • Carbon County, aiming to be age-friendly, aligns with national network

    August 27, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    AARP is providing the framework, resources and accountability for local governments to make their cities more senior-friendly. From transportation, to health and community services, 450 communities across the country - and two in Montana - have pledged to work toward specific goals within five years. Carbon County has been working on improvements since 2018 and has reevaluated its efforts in the wake of a pandemic that has highlighted the specific vulnerabilities faced by senior citizens.

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  • 700 residents, one COVID-19 case: How a senior living community keeps its distance from the virus

    August 17, 2020 |

    WAVY-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia Beach, Virginia

    A residential senior center prevented the spread of Covid-19, with just 1 of over 700 residents contracting the virus. In addition to social distancing, hand washing, and outdoor visiting areas, the facility's residents wear colored wristbands, green for those staying on campus and red for those who want to leave. Those who leave cannot use the common areas, gym, or dining area for 10 days after returning, and then are tested for Covid-19 before reintegrating. There are some tensions between the two groups, but federal and state infectious disease experts have called the facility a model for best practices.

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  • Homeownership for Black families in Milwaukee is worse now than 50 years ago. Could a regional approach to affordable housing help?

    August 07, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Minnesota

    The Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity provides a comprehensive approach to providing affordable housing in seven counties across Minneapolis and St.Paul. The large area it serves allows families to move into either urban or suburban neighborhoods near schools of their choosing and with greater flexibility to take public transportation, jobs, and extracurricular activities into consideration. Milwaukee's uncoordinated efforts to improve housing for low-income families could benefit from a similar approach.

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