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  • An overlooked climate solution unfolds in Memphis' energy challenges

    January 23, 2024 |

    Tennessee Lookout |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Memphis Gas Light and Water’s weatherization program is helping city residents prepare their homes for increasingly intense storms in ways that also reduce their energy use from fossil-fuel-derived sources and their utility bills. Contractors may install a new air conditioner or repair walls, but the resident is never charged for the services because ratepayers round up their bills to cover the cost.

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  • To Ease Housing Crunch, Theme Parks Are Becoming Homebuilders

    January 13, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    The rising cost of housing in cities like Orlando is making it difficult for people who work in the service and entertainment industries to find housing near their place of work. In response, entertainment giants like Universal Studios Florida and the Walt Disney Company are donating land near their theme parks and working with developers to build affordable housing.

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  • Can a Big Village Full of Tiny Homes Ease Homelessness in Austin?

    January 08, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Community First Village offers permanent affordable housing to people who are chronically homeless. The Village houses about 400 residents in tiny homes, while also providing a sense of community, including a convenience store, community garden, medical clinic and chapel. Community First Village is set to add nearly 2,000 homes across three locations and has also inspired several similar housing villages across the country.

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  • Peace-building lessons from the heart of Nigeria

    December 30, 2023 |

    FairPlanet |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jebbu Miango, Plateau

    The community-founded Claire Aid Foundation raised money on social media to rebuild houses that were destroyed in Jebbu Miango after a violent attack on the town left families displaced and unable to afford to return.

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  • Hurt and homeless with no place to heal: Could a successful Oregon program be a model for Clark County?

    December 23, 2023 |

    The Columbian |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Central City Concern’s Evergreen Crossing provides 90 respite beds, as well as a primary care clinic to help those recovering from addiction or other illnesses avoid homelessness. People staying in the facility can recover in a stable environment, undergo further treatment, receive mental health care and work with a case manager to find a job and secure housing.

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  • Is requiring new apartments to include affordable units the right move for Vancouver? It's working in Redmond

    December 09, 2023 |

    The Columbian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Mandatory inclusionary zoning policies have increased affordable housing stock in many cities across the U.S. In most cases, the policies require developers build 5-10% of new units with rents attainable for low- to median-income people, or pay a fee, which is dedicated to other affordable housing projects. In Redmond, Washington, such policy has resulted in a 42% growth of housing stock since 2010.

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  • How Bangladesh is supporting climate refugees

    December 07, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Young Power in Social Action helps families displaced by extreme weather, like hurricanes, by building weather-proof homes and helping those who lost their jobs find new work by providing them with goats or sewing machines to help them create a new livelihood. The group has already helped rehome eight families and plans to rehouse eight more families by April 2024.

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  • Black Investors Take Back a Legal Tool to Restore Affordable Housing

    December 07, 2023 |

    Illinois Answers Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Community Receiver Program works with real estate professionals of color to rehabilitate vacant and foreclosed properties. These properties are then resold to local homebuyers — to preserve generational wealth — or rented out at affordable rates. The program trains people to be community receivers for free, teaching them how to acquire and rehabilitate the buildings, as well as how to leverage grants and local funding programs. Since 2020, the Program has trained about 520 people, rehabilitated 16 buildings and contributed about $4.5 million in restored property value.

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  • The Rainbow Connection

    November 30, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Anita May Rosenstein campus provides an intergenerational community — and housing — for LGBTQ+ youth and seniors experiencing homelessness. The Center has 202 affordable housing units and it also offers several programs and services including counseling, support groups, job assistance, skills training and connections to health and mental health care, all while fostering community between the seniors and youth staying at the Center.

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  • Not your grandma's granny flat: How San Diego hacked state housing law to build ADU 'apartment buildings'

    November 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    The City’s ADU bonus program offers landlords a one-for-one deal if they agree to construct an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that is affordable, specifically for those under certain income requirements, then they are automatically permitted to build a second “bonus” unit on the property and set the rent at whatever price they’d like. This law has created an influx of affordable housing, as landlords are permitted to have up to five units on one property.

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