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  • After 50 years, this Vancouver immigrant services agency is busier than ever

    Lori Culbert

    April 07, 2023 |

    Vancouver Sun |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is an immigrant services agency that connects immigrants with the resources they need to adjust to life in Canada. The group helps an average of 73,000 people each year from more than 150 countries and provides assistance in finding affordable housing, English language training, career and social services and accessing care for seniors.

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  • Mayores que comparten su casa con jóvenes para paliar la soledad

    Ana Muguerza

    March 31, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    En España, iniciativas de convivencia intergeneracional alivian la soledad no deseada de los mayores y mejorar su calidad de vida, a la vez que facilitan el acceso a la vivienda de los jóvenes. En Madrid, en un programa 95% de las convivencias tienen éxito.

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  • Kaua‘i's Habitat for Humanity Outbuilds Other Habitats in Hawai‘i. Here's How They Do It.

    Noelle Fujii-Oride

    February 28, 2023 |

    Hawaii Business Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kauai, Hawaii

    The Kaua‘i Habitat for Humanity is taking a unique approach to addressing the local affordable housing shortage. The nonprofit develops its own subdivisions and builds homes in batches, mostly constructed by volunteers, who will eventually own the homes, alongside supervisors.

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  • A Wyoming group moves homes to save affordable housing and preserve history

    Mary Steurer

    February 26, 2023 |

    Casper Star-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

    Shacks on Racks relocates houses and works to make homeownership more accessible to area workers. Since starting in 2016, the non-profit has relocated 21 houses. For those 21 saved houses, Shacks on Racks estimates they’ve spared landfills more than 1.2 million pounds of waste.

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  • Regional Shelter Offers Opportunity for Reclaimed Lives

    Angela Mapes Turner

    February 13, 2023 |

    Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Auburn, Indiana

    Fortify Life takes a holistic approach to addressing homelessness and also provides emergency and long-term stays in a renovated motel for people experiencing homelessness. Long-term guests participate in a micropayment program that teaches them how to budget and become financially self-sufficient. Since 2021, Fortify Life has helped 179 families with emergency or transitional housing.

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  • Great Barrington is looking at tax breaks for those who rent at affordable rates. Provincetown is already doing it

    Heather Bellow

    January 26, 2023 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

    An affordable housing rental exemption program in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is increasing the number of affordable housing options in the city. The exemption decreases the property taxes homeowners pay based on the square footage of the property they are renting out.

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  • Can Co-Buying Help Solve The Affordability Crisis?

    Angela K. Evans

    January 05, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Single, non-related people are co-buying homes with the help of real estate organizations like Live Work Denver to make homeownership more affordable.

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  • Nearly a third of students at this ski-town college have been homeless. Here's how the school's responding

    Andrew Kenney

    January 02, 2023 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    The rapid rehousing program at Fort Lewis College in Colorado provides students with a free bed in the school’s temporary housing unit while they work with them on finding permanent housing. When necessary, the college also provides financial assistance for things like rent and utilities.

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  • The Grassroots Fight for Housing Justice in Baltimore

    Jaisal Noor

    December 27, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Parity Homes is an equitable development company that is working to rehab properties that will be available for legacy residents to buy or rent for an affordable price in 2023. The organization aims to prevent residents — specifically people of color — from being pushed out of the neighborhood by supporting wealth creation through homeownership.

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  • This Community-Controlled Real Estate Co-Op Is Proving Its Value

    Oscar Perry Abello

    December 20, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    California’s East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative is run by residents of local historically redlined communities and supported by investors who receive moderate returns to keep rent prices affordable. The cooperative was formed to give those involved a say in decisions they were typically left out of and allows them to serve existing residents and businesses instead of trying to attract new ones.

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