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  • Black Investors Take Back a Legal Tool to Restore Affordable Housing

    Kelli Duncan

    December 07, 2023 |

    Illinois Answers Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Community Receiver Program works with real estate professionals of color to rehabilitate vacant and foreclosed properties. These properties are then resold to local homebuyers — to preserve generational wealth — or rented out at affordable rates. The program trains people to be community receivers for free, teaching them how to acquire and rehabilitate the buildings, as well as how to leverage grants and local funding programs. Since 2020, the Program has trained about 520 people, rehabilitated 16 buildings and contributed about $4.5 million in restored property value.

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  • Eagle County problem-solving courts offer new hope to repeat offenders battling substance abuse

    Kelli Duncan

    September 09, 2021 |

    Vail Daily |

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    Response Location: United States, Eagle, Colorado

    Eagle County's two problem-solving courts put treatment ahead of punishment when addressing crimes committed by people with substance abuse problems. Originally set up as one court, they now function separately to address drunken driving and drugs and serve people "teetering on the edge of serious prison time" for repeat offenses. More than 90 percent of participants in 2020 maintained sobriety and more than 80 percent avoided new legal troubles. While the threat of punishment is used to win compliance with rules, prosecutors say they're more interested in permanently curing the underlying disease.

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