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  • Can SB 9 really help build housing for all in Sacramento?

    October 18, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency Act eliminated single-family zoning so homeowners can split their lots to create rentals and make more housing available statewide.

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  • Thousands of eligible Wisconsin voters face ballot barriers in jail

    October 18, 2022 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Jails in Illinois and Texas have improved voting access for people who are incarcerated by coordinating with voting rights advocacy groups and bringing the polls on-site. In June, voter turnout at the Cook County Jail in Illinois exceeded that of the city of Chicago as a whole, and the Harris County Jail in Texas saw 96 people vote in-person in November 2021 and about 200 cast ballots in the March primary.

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  • Covert network provides pills for thousands of abortions in U.S. post Roe

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, a covert international network is emerging that provides abortion pills without a prescription to those without access in anti-abortion states. One such organization, Las Libres, has helped terminate approximately 20,000 pregnancies this year.

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  • Tiny homes, big change: How DC can adapt tiny homes to fight homelessness

    October 17, 2022 |

    Street Sense Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Missouri

    The Eden Village tiny home community helps to provide people without homes a place to live. Tiny homes communities allow municipalities to build more dense and affordable housing for the people who need it most. All the homes in the village are “permanent supportive housing,” meaning residents may live in their homes for the remainder of their lives as long as they follow the rules set forth by the community.

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  • Harvesting Water in Arid Lands

    October 17, 2022 |

    The Water Desk |

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    Response Location: United States

    Water harvesting is collecting free water, such as rain, stormwater, and greywater, to use and finding ways to make it linger longer into the dry season. This can include active strategies like collecting it in tanks or passive strategies like directing it towards rain gardens to water plants. Water harvesting can help prevent the depletion of lakes and rivers and save money.

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  • New road surfaces for the future – a long and winding (and green) road

    October 17, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Gipave is a new type of asphalt technology that combines plastic waste with bitumen, a material already used to pave roads, to make recyclable road surfaces with longer lifespans and reduce emissions from road work by 70%.

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  • With FoI Act, NGO is Helping to Spotlight Developmental Issues in Lagos Community

    October 17, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Araromi, Lagos

    Media Rights Agenda helped a community in Lagos, Nigeria, submit Freedom of Information Act requests to draw attention to the community’s lack of basic amenities like roads and clean water. When government organizations ignored the requests, the organization took legal action and released a documentary about the issue to gain public support.

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  • Proyecto de Bienestar Mental

    October 17, 2022 |

    NEW/NUEVA OPINION |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Fundado por dos recién graduados para ayudar a otros estudiantes hispanohablantes que sentían como extraños, Estruendo usa el apoyo de los compañeros como una intervención eficaz para ayudar con los sentimientos de depresión, el aislamiento y la idea de suicidio.

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  • In one of the worst regions to have a baby, southern universities bet big on midwives

    October 17, 2022 |

    Reckon |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    Nurse-midwifery programs, like the one at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, are working to build a workforce of nurse-midwives in Southern maternal care deserts. Greater demand for midwifery care yields an opportunity for universities to step in and fill that void in the labor force by creating nurse-midwife graduate programs.

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  • Struggle and Success: Section 8 vouchers provide a pathway to stability, but challenges remain

    October 17, 2022 |

    Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Wayne, Indiana

    Programs like the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program — or Section 8 — and the Fort Wayne Housing Authority’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program help low-income individuals and families afford quality homes through participating private landlords and housing developments. With the voucher program, the tenant’s financial obligation is capped at about 30% of their annual gross income, while the voucher covers the rest. In some cases, the voucher can cover up to 100% of the tenant’s rent.

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