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  • Decline in Veterans' Homelessness Spurs Hopes for a Broader Solution

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

    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?

    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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  • There's a Program to Cancel Private Student Debt. Most Don't Know About It.

    May 30, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Navient, a lender that owns a large amount of private student loan debt, opened a program that allows borrowers who were misled by the for-profit schools they attended to apply for loan forgiveness. Borrowers must request an application and select the impropriety that describes their experience from a list of things like inflating job placement rates and misrepresenting educational programs.

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  • Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity

    May 07, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California and Texas are among the states in the U.S. installing giant lithium-ion batteries to store renewable energy to use when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. These batteries are reducing the use of fossil fuels as a backup energy source when demand is high.

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  • A City Tries to Measure the Violence It's Preventing

    April 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    A violence prevention program in Baton Rouge is working to reduce gun violence and help mothers and those affected cope and move forward in a healthy way. The street team with the non-profit C.H.A.N.G.E supports grieving families, provides targeted interventions and community engagement efforts around gun violence, and collects data to measure their work’s impact over time.

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  • An Elementary School Tries a 'Radical' Idea: Staying Open 12 Hours a Day

    April 09, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help address falling enrollment and families’ lack of child care, Brooklyn Charter School extended the school day to twelve hours, providing before- and after-school activities and meals. So far, 80 students have signed up for the expanded hours and the school’s enrollment has rebounded from pandemic lows.

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  • Glasses Improve Income, Not Just Eyesight

    April 04, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    VisionSpring provides more than two million pairs of glasses each year to those in need. Studies show that, when provided with free reading glasses, workers experience a 33% increase in income as they’re able to see and aren’t forced to leave the working world early as they age.

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  • How to Revive a Burned Forest? Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

    April 04, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Mast Reforestation sells carbon credits to fund its work replanting trees where forests were decimated by wildfires. The company collects seeds from local, native trees, uses x-ray machines to ensure they are likely to sprout, and plants them.

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  • He's Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

    March 28, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China

    Cities in China are moving away from using traditional water managment approaches, like drainage pipes and flood walls. Instead, they are becoming “sponge cities” by installiing green infrastructure designed to absob excess water, like green roofs and ponds.

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