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  • Universal basic income eases caregiving after incarceration

    January 05, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Just Income GNV project in Florida provides justice-impacted people with a guaranteed income for a year to help them get on their feet. All they have to do is fill out an application, get approved, and log their spending so the organizations running the program can track the results.

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  • Can Co-Buying Help Solve The Affordability Crisis?

    January 05, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Single, non-related people are co-buying homes with the help of real estate organizations like Live Work Denver to make homeownership more affordable.

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  • How tenants around Portland fight back against landlords

    January 04, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Don’t Evict PDX (DEPDX) works with tenants to prevent evictions through education and helping tenants to organize and advocate for themselves. From fighting eviction notices to helping tenants learn how to effectively communicate with landlords, DEPDX offers a slew of services and resources all without people needing to become members of the group or pay any dues.

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  • Nearly a third of students at this ski-town college have been homeless. Here's how the school's responding

    January 02, 2023 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    The rapid rehousing program at Fort Lewis College in Colorado provides students with a free bed in the school’s temporary housing unit while they work with them on finding permanent housing. When necessary, the college also provides financial assistance for things like rent and utilities.

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  • Pawsitive impacts: Program aims to break generational cycles of poverty through pet grooming

    December 29, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    In Kansas City, the nonprofit Pawsperity trains parents facing financial instability to groom dogs. Students of the program learn the basics of dog grooming four days a week and like skills one day each week to help break the cycle of poverty and prepare them for a job in the field.

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  • The Grassroots Fight for Housing Justice in Baltimore

    December 27, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Parity Homes is an equitable development company that is working to rehab properties that will be available for legacy residents to buy or rent for an affordable price in 2023. The organization aims to prevent residents — specifically people of color — from being pushed out of the neighborhood by supporting wealth creation through homeownership.

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  • Los propietarios de viviendas de West Dallas no podían acceder a los fondos municipales para repararlas, así que el Ayuntamiento eliminó la barrera

    December 27, 2022 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Cuando el Ayuntamiento de West Dallas renunció a un requisito problematico para solicitar al Programa de Rehabilitación Específicamente de West Dallas (una iniciativa de revitalización de los barrios de la ciudad destinada a proporcionar ayuda financiera para la reparación de viviendas), muchos de los propietarios originalmente rechazados regresaron a solicitar fondos y finalmente pudieron acceder ayuda para reparar sus casas.

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  • Through waste management eTrash2Cash is saving planet earth, helping women access healthcare

    December 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    eTrash2Cash strives to create a healthy, sustainable zero-waste society by collecting trash and recycling it to become useful resources. It does this by employing women with low incomes to do the waste collection and recycling and in turn, provides them with social incentives like access to healthcare. So far, eTrash2Cash has diverted over 10,000 metric tons of trash out of landfills across four states and has trained 200 women on how to upcycle plastics.

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  • Two-Spirit youth gift-giving project demonstrates the power of community care

    December 21, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Gifts for Two-Spirit Youth solicits a wide variety of donations from around the world to create personalized gifts for Two-Spirit youth who might feel lonely or alienated during the holiday season.

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  • This Community-Controlled Real Estate Co-Op Is Proving Its Value

    December 20, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    California’s East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative is run by residents of local historically redlined communities and supported by investors who receive moderate returns to keep rent prices affordable. The cooperative was formed to give those involved a say in decisions they were typically left out of and allows them to serve existing residents and businesses instead of trying to attract new ones.

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