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  • How one Toronto church is beating the odds

    February 03, 2020 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Facing closure and financial ruin, the Toronto Roncesvalles United Church found a new source of income: their own physical space. The church began renting or donating rooms for flea markets, yoga classes, shiatsu, children's theater, and more. The church says that they are "redefining how [they] do God," and that their mission is about serving the people in the community rather than remaining exclusively secular. As a result, the church topped $200,000 for the first time in its history in 2019.

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  • WFP uses new tech to fight refugee food shortages in Jordan

    February 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Jordan

    Jordan is dealing with an influx of Syrian refugees that are putting a strain on already scarce resources like water. In response, the United Nations World Food Program has started to grow barley and other foods hydroponically in a process that uses 90% less water than traditional methods. Beyond the innovations in the lab, new technology is also allowing refugees to shop freely in local supermarkets and use their irises—checked with eye scans—to pay for their groceries from their given funds. This eliminates the threat of theft and is improving food access across Jordan.

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  • Cities and Nonprofits Rescue Abandoned Properties to Reduce Housing Shortage

    January 28, 2020 |

    Nonprofit Quarterly |

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    Response Location: United States, Lincoln, Nebraska

    Nonprofits and city governments are looking to abandoned homes and vacant lots as a potential source of land on which to build affordable housing.

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  • A Group of Mothers, a Vacant Home, and a Win for Fair Housing

    January 28, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Moms 4 Housing, a collective of women and their children, occupied a vacant 3-bedroom house in Oakland to secure housing for themselves and call attention to the Bay Area’s lack of affordable housing. Despite being removed and arrested by heavily armed deputies, the movement grew and the developer has agreed to sell the house to Oakland’s Community Land Trust at market value and offer the right of first refusal on other properties. The group also urged state senator Scott Weiner to introduce amendments to a bill currently under consideration that would protect affordable housing from developers.

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  • The secret gardens of Rohingya refugees

    January 28, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar

    The Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh, the largest refugee camp in the world, is overcrowded and increasingly isolated. A program by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Bangladeshi NGO BRAC offers refugees equipment, advice, fertilizer, and seeds to make their own garden. These gardens have become hugely popular, taking up what little space there is between tents, but also offer refugees a source of peace and a food source to supplement their meals. Compost for these gardens are prepared outside of the camp by Bangladeshi women, which helps improve the relationship between the two groups.

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  • Big Impact with a Small Footprint

    January 24, 2020 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Beloved Community Village, a tiny-home community in Denver, Colorado, serves as an example of a successful housing model for people in insecure housing situations. The community takes a shared living approach and requires residents to participate in community events without violence, drugs, or other harmful behaviors. Now, Charlotte officials look to the Beloved Community Village as an example that can help as they work to combat homelessness in their own community.

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  • As Seattle Seeks to Tax Amazon (Again), What Can It Learn From California?

    January 24, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In 2018, a per-employee tax levied on Amazon and other Seattle businesses making over $20 million a year was struck down by council members with unfavorable polling. In 2020, that same referendum is being brought back to life with renewed support. This article compares Seattle's past failures to San Francisco's current success in implementing a tax inspired by Seattle's. The processes differ in many areas, and this article considers what would happen if Seattle now followed someone else's lead.

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  • Using Trauma-Informed Design, Buildings Become Tools for Recovery

    January 22, 2020 |

    Colorado Trust |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In Denver, Colorado, one homeless shelter is using trauma-informed design to make residents feel more at home and less likely to sleep outside. Architects building Sanderson Apartments considered past traumas when choosing the layout, colors, furniture, and building materials. As a result, the physical environment is helping with the recovery process.

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  • Door-knocking neighbors help avert home seizures in Detroit

    January 20, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, volunteers go door to door to talk with their neighbors who have properties at risk of foreclosure. The initiative has contributed to a 90 percent decrease in foreclosures in the city since 2015.

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  • Catholic Community Services, Pulse for Good aim to improve experience for homeless clients

    January 03, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In Utah, Catholic Community Services uses an online survey platform called Pulse for Good to learn what members of vulnerable communities actually want and need. After generating input from the local homeless population, Catholic Community Services was able to tailor their support to items the population said that they needed, such as bus tokens, wipes to clean up coffee, and new shower faucet handles in the restrooms.

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