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  • How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

    March 17, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Despite soaring housing costs, the city government in Paris aims to achieve mixité sociale. That essentially means it's preventing economic segregation to ensure residents from a broad cross-section of society reside in the city and own businesses there. It’s doing so by nabbing real estate to create public housing and providing real estate subsidiaries for small businesses.

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  • 'Happier families, happier students': How Denver's community hubs are helping migrants

    March 11, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver Public Schools’ Community Hubs provide wide-ranging support for students and their families, from language classes and GED programs for parents learning English to food pantries, financial education courses, and mobile medical appointments. The hubs have served more than 4,000 families since launching in 2022, with roughly 600 migrant families being served this year.

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  • More Colorado students are eating school meals now that they're free. The state might cut back.

    March 05, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    After Colorado limited tax deductions for high earners to help fund free school meals, participation in breakfast programs rose 35 percent, while schools saw participation in lunch programs increase by 31 percent. However, the tax changes did not provide enough revenue to fully cover the cost of the free meals, and lawmakers are now considering whether to limit eligibility for the free meals.

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  • Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

    March 01, 2024 |

    The Sacramento Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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  • Young, educated and (trying not to be) broke — how some younger borrowers see Biden's SAVE plan

    February 28, 2024 |

    Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States’ Saving on a Valuable Education plan bases enrolled borrowers’ student loan payments on their monthly discretionary income to help lower the rate. The federal government covers any interest above the minimum monthly payments, which can be as low as $0, and some of the debt will be forgiven.

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  • Only a lucky few find home in Atlanta's new cargo container village

    February 28, 2024 |

    Atlanta Civic Circle |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The Melody is a 40-unit shipping container apartment complex that provides rapid housing solutions to people experiencing homelessness. The rapid housing program helps provide safe, stable and affordable housing, as rent in the container homes is free. The city aims to deliver 500 shipping container apartments for single residents by the end of 2025.

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  • A roof overhead can make or break a college degree for young Coloradans

    February 19, 2024 |

    KUNC |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    LuMin, a Lutheran ministry organization, provides subsidized rooms to college students struggling with housing insecurity. Though the program can only accommodate a fraction of applicants, students who have received housing say it has enabled them to focus on their studies rather than on making ends meet.

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  • Western Oregon church hosts residential huts in parking lot as part of its housing ministry

    February 16, 2024 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

    St. John the Divine Episcopal Church's overnight parking program offers those who are temporarily unhoused a place to stay, typically by camping in their cars or RVs. Recently, the Church partnered with local social service agencies to add three semi-permanent housing huts to their parking lot. Residents staying in the hut have access to amenities in the Church, like a kitchen, and are welcome to stay as long as they need to until they decide to move into more permanent accommodations.

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  • Why Boston's wealthy Back Bay said yes, in our backyard

    February 14, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    When plans for a new private hotel fell through, community organizations and developers like Pine Street Inn took over the 140 Clarendon building to provide permanent, supportive housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness. Pine Street Inn now owns and operates more than 440 permanent supportive housing locations, providing a home for about 900 people in the Greater Boston area.

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  • The para-cyclists delivering aid to displaced Gazans against all odds

    February 14, 2024 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Palestine, Rafah, Gaza Strip

    The Gaza Sunbirds para-cycling team shifted from preparing to compete in tournaments, like the 2024 Paralympics, to distributing food and aid packages to displaced people in Gaza on their bikes.

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