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  • Milan Is Winning the Fight Against Food Waste

    November 05, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan

    A third of food produced, or about 1.3 million metric tons per year, goes to waste. The city of Milan is a pioneer in eliminating food waste. The city launched food waste hubs in 2019. Donations from supermarkets supply the hubs with food that are then donated to families in need. The three hubs save about 130 metric tons of food per year, eliminating the production of 497 metric tons of CO2.

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  • Solidarité : des sans abri hébergés dans des entreprises

    November 04, 2021 |

    Franceinfo |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: France, Nantes

    Les Bureaux du Coeur est une association qui recrute des entreprises pour proposer leurs bureaux comme hébergement temporaire à des personnes en situation de précarité. Cela permet aux clients de se concentrer sur leur vie professionnelle et leur réinsertion.

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  • Space to Create Colorado Builds Ouray County's First Affordable Housing Project

    November 03, 2021 |

    Mountain Grown Community Radio (KVNF) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Space to Create is a state led program to create affordable housing and work spaces for people in creative industries. To be eligible for the program, areas must be state-certified creative districts, have populations of less than 50,000 in rural areas, and strong local support and leadership, which have been crucial to moving projects forward. Projects are supported by a nonprofit developer and federal low-income tax credits provide the primary funding source. The project in Trinidad created 41-units of affordable live-work spaces downtown, including 20,000 square feet of community space.

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  • Donostia: Egia together with the homeless

    November 03, 2021 |

    Noticias De Gipuzkoa |

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    Response Location: Spain, Donostia

    A group of volunteers came together to feed young people, mostly immigrants, living on the streets. Around 40 residents of Egia began cooking hot meals to serve to people in a local community square. Two volunteers are responsible for cooking each day and many more help distribute the food. Local businesses, like a bakery, donate food and help raise funds to sustain the program, which is largely paid for by the residents themselves. The program started small, with just a few residents bringing hot meals to the square to feed a few people, and has since scaled up.

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  • Here's how Charlotte could turn property taxes into rental help

    November 02, 2021 |

    The Charlotte Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Property taxes are being used to subsidize rent for households that earn up to 30 percent of the area median income. The pilot program allows landlords to use the tax rebates to cover rent for tenants who would be unable to live there otherwise. The initiative makes rent more affordable and also keeps affordable housing from being sold to developers who create luxury apartments, reducing the available affordable housing stock.

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  • Community Rebuilds

    November 01, 2021 |

    KZMU Community Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Moab, Utah

    Community Rebuilds is a nonprofit that builds affordable and efficient housing – suitable for Moab’s very hot summers and very cold winters - while educating natural builders in the process. Anyone who is interested in construction, regardless of their previous experience, is welcome to intern at their sites to learn about natural building processes. The organization has built 52 strawbale homes since they started, a healthy and natural material that costs about half of what other new construction is per square foot. The program requires homeowners to volunteer about 20 hours a week building homes.

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  • The seeds to build permanent farmworker housing are planted. Will there be a harvest?

    October 29, 2021 |

    Monterey County Weekly (Monterey County Now) |

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    Response Location: United States, Soledad, California

    A research study is spurring change and leading to the addition of more housing units in Soledad. Agriculture is the main industry of the region, making farmworker housing a priority. Vacant housing has been rehabilitated and several new developments have been built to house both year-round and migrant workers.

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  • KVNF Regional Newscast: October 28, 2021

    October 28, 2021 |

    Mountain Grown Community Radio (KVNF) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Basalt, Colorado

    Basalt Vista is the first net-zero affordable housing project in Colorado, based in Basalt. The homes are constructed in partnership with the county, the school district, and Habitat for Humanity. The homes are lined with solar panels and operate using only electricity. They produce, on average, all the energy that they consume and the utility costs to the residents are basically zero once the production begins to generate credits. Rather than prioritizing keeping building costs as cheap as possible, net-zero homes prioritize keeping the costs to maintain the home low.

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  • Sedgwick County looks to San Antonio for mental health solutions

    October 27, 2021 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Since the early 2000s, when its overcrowded jail led to a decision to jail fewer people instead of adding more cells, Bexar County, Texas, has provided comprehensive help to people likely to end up jailed if social and health services are lacking: people experiencing homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse. A crisis center gives police and residents a place to bring people needing help other than an emergency room or jail. The Haven for Hope is a campus offering an array of services and shelter. Homelessness and the jail population are both way down.

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  • How Re-usable Sanitary Pads Are Curbing High Drop-out Rates In Disadvantaged Communities

    October 27, 2021 |

    Metro FM 90.8 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Lack of access to menstrual products contributes to the high drop rates among girls between primary and secondary school. A collaboration between civil society and government organizations created the Menstrual Health Component for Primary Schools Project to educate both girls and boys, as well as providing girls with a menstrual health kit that includes reusable pads and a menstrual cup as well as a container to clean them. Over 500 students participated in the program in September 2021 with participants feeling empowered to be able to stay in school.

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