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  • 'We're trusting in God's economy': Asheville church provides low-barrier rent relief to vulnerable residents

    November 21, 2024 |

    Blue Ridge Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    A church is helping residents of Asheville, North Carolina, pay their overdue rent and utility bills after Hurricane Helene. It's using discretionary funds and working with landlords to help those who apply.

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  • 'Our guardian angels': A small but mighty effort to bring holiday joy to NC Helene victims

    November 20, 2024 |

    The Charlotte Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A Facebook group posts the Amazon "wish lists" of families in Western North Carolina who were affected by Hurricane Helene to help them meet their immediate needs and provide holiday gifts for children. Donors "adopt" families and purchase anywhere from one item to the entire list.

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  • How musicians are helping western North Carolinians replace instruments lost in Helene

    November 19, 2024 |

    Citizen-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    Restring Appalachia matches people who lost their instruments to Hurricane Helene with donors offering up instruments of similar quality. So far, roughly 175 people have signed up to donate about 400 instruments, with about 20 delivered to Asheville so far, though the need still outpaces the supply.

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  • Campus Food Recovery Network Serves Local Community

    November 12, 2024 |

    Pepperdine University Graphic |

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    Response Location: United States, Malibu, California

    Pepperdine University’s Food Recovery Network club rescues unconsumed food from events on campus and a local Starbucks and gives it to nonprofits in the area that distribute it to those in need. Since forming in the Fall 2016 semester, the club has rescued 14,603 pounds of food that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill.

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  • Non-profit organizations reach out to help Western NC

    November 09, 2024 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, several community-led organizations are joining forces to help those in need by gathering and distributing supply donations and helping those affected apply for FEMA assistance, unemployment and other relief support.

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  • To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks

    October 30, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States

    Residents of mobile home communities are coming together to collectively buy the land their houses are on and establish cooperatives. It ensures their rent stays affordable long term, and some state governments are making it easier to do so to help address housing affordability crises.

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  • Report finds guaranteed income helped Louisvillians save money and avoid evictions

    October 23, 2024 |

    Louisville Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The city of Louisville, Kentucky, offered some residents of low-income neighborhoods $500 a month for a year with no strings attached as a part of its first ever guaranteed income program. The funds allowed people to start building savings and prevented evictions.

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  • Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission

    October 20, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles County’s Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HOME) program uses street psychiatry to get psychiatric medication to people experiencing homelessness in an effort to get them a step closer to housing. The HOME team has 223 full-time staff members and served 1,919 people last year, 22% of whom ended the year housed.

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  • Europe wants to erase homelessness. Housing First can be the key

    October 14, 2024 |

    Radijo Stotis FM99 |

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    Response Location: Finland, Oulu

    European cities like Oulu and Turin are adopting the housing-first model to reduce homelessness and extreme poverty. They focus on providing people experiencing homelessness with a permanent place to live first and then address other needs they may have.

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  • The Californians Rescuing Surplus Produce to Fight Hunger

    October 01, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Bell, California

    At a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Bell, California, Food Forward employees race to take in and redistribute 265,000 pounds of fresh produce every day. The organization receives excess fresh fruits and vegetables from wholesale businesses for free and delivers them to 300 nonprofits working to address food insecurity.

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