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  • LeadSafe Detroit helps protect kids from lead poisoning

    November 29, 2023 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit LeadSafe Housing program targets households in zip codes with high numbers of homes built prior to 1978, before Congress banned lead paint in residential settings. The program has renovated 112 units since forming in 2016 and has since branched out to collaborate with Urban Neighborhood Initiatives to eliminate language barriers by reaching those in majority-Latino neighborhoods.

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  • Fixing the lake could pave the way to solving Utah's mental health crisis

    November 28, 2023 |

    Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    The officials and experts working on the plan for the future development of Salt Lake Valley are taking into account what didn’t work from previous urban design choices to ensure water conservation is a design priority going forward.

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  • Development for Good: Crowdfunding Community Development

    November 27, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Investment groups and developers Voyage Investments and Shift Capital are working to raise funds to transform abandoned buildings into useful spaces that benefit the community, like a new high school or studio space for local entrepreneurs. These projects have brought upwards of 500 jobs to locals and help keep the community involved in the city’s development by allowing them to make small investments in upcoming projects.

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  • The New Jersey Mayor With a Plan to End Traffic Deaths

    November 20, 2023 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    The Vision Zero campaign aims to eliminate traffic deaths around the world. So far, Hoboken has made several changes to its streets and transportation policies to increase safety, such as repaving crosswalks to increase visibility, building curb extensions and adding bike lanes to roads. With these new safety measures in place, the city hasn’t reported a single traffic death since January 2017 and traffic-related injuries have dropped 41%.

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  • A Climate Change Success Story? Look at Hoboken.

    November 03, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    After experiencing extreme flooding, Hoboken, New Jersey, has reduced its flood risk by rebuilding its sewers to add capacity and designing new infrastructure, like parks, to collect and redirect storm water.

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  • How a staffing crisis launched Eagle County School District into the affordable housing business

    November 03, 2023 |

    KUNC |

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    Response Location: United States, Eagle, Colorado

    The affordable housing crisis in Eagle, Colorado, is creating a severe staff shortage in local schools. So, the school district is partnering with organizations and developers like Habitat for Humanity to develop a mix of new apartments and houses that will be made available to school employees at affordable prices.

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  • Amid housing crisis, Breckenridge hopes to preserve local workforce through home preservation

    October 13, 2023 |

    KUNC |

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    Response Location: United States, Breckenridge, Colorado

    The Housing Helps program in the popular tourist town of Breckenridge, Colorado, provides homeowners, buyers, and businesses providing housing for their employees with funding for repairs, assessments, and down payments. The program aims to support home preservation and supply more affordable housing for locals.

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  • Sacramento's housing crisis: seven possible solutions

    October 10, 2023 |

    Solving Sacramento |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Developers and government officials are turning to a slew of different methods to address the affordable housing shortage in Sacramento, California. They’re developing micro apartments that are less than 500 square feet and allowing homeowners to build accessory dwelling units on their land, for example.

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  • Making cities 'spongy' could help fight flooding — by steering the water underground

    October 03, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: China, Jinhua

    The concept of “sponge cities” is taking off as a way to prevent flooding. This style of urban design focuses on creating environments that absorb more water with plants and open ground as opposed to pipes and concrete.

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  • Sacramento turns to 'micro apartments' to ease affordable housing crunch

    September 11, 2023 |

    CapRadio |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Micro apartment communities with rent prices well below the city average are popping up in Sacramento as a way to address the affordable housing crisis. The units in these buildings are often significantly less than 500 square feet, can house no more than two people, and must provide a kitchen and a bathroom. To live there, tenants have to meet specific income requirements.

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