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How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold

Kriston Capps

March 03, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge’s new zoning reform lessens housing restrictions by allowing property owners and developers to build six-story apartments — through a process called upzoning — to accommodate more residents on a single lot in areas that were previously restricted to single-family homes. The city previously aimed to build 350 new units by 2040, but with the new zoning reform, that estimate has grown to 4,880.

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A Little-Known Federal Program Is Keeping Senior Housing Affordable in Denver

Robert Davis

December 05, 2024 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development offers funding for affordable housing properties to retrofit their buildings to be more resilient to climate change and improve resident’s quality of life. The funding ensures the properties remain as affordable housing because these upgrades typically reduce bills and because property owners must agree to keep rent affordable for 25 years.

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

Kevin Hardy

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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Passive House standards a solution for efficient affordable housing

Audrey F. Henderson

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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Is Housing First a cure for homelessness?

Stefania Lugli

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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Solving Homelessness In Austin: Rapid Rehousing

Amy Stansbury

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

Jason DeParle

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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Nonprofit Fund Raises Private Dollars To Buy Affordable Housing – Before Private Equity Does

Leo Miranda

July 26, 2024 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States

The housing and homelessness nonprofit Community Solutions raised $135 million in private capital to create a fund to buy housing properties and keep them permanently affordable. It promises investors modest returns and looks to buy properties in good condition close to necessary services like grocery stores and health care.

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Four Decades to Build 70,000 Affordable Homes? Count That as a Success.

Roshan Abraham

July 13, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Mount Laurel, New Jersey

In 1975, community members organized to urge the New Jersey state government to require cities to build their fair share of affordable multifamily housing. Dubbed “The Mount Laurel Doctrine,” the legislation, backed by local advocacy groups, has helped build 20,000 affordable housing units.

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When Is a Tiny House Too Small to Be a Home?

Ronda Kaysen

June 15, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Tiny home complexes are emerging as solutions to combat homelessness throughout the country, offering a cheap and efficient way to provide shelter amidst the national housing crisis. In some cases, living in a tiny home community serves as a stepping stone to help locals achieve permanent housing.

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