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Using Queer Power to Stem Gentrification

Emily Nonko

August 24, 2022 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

When faced with a lack of affordable housing, a grassroots collective came together to purchase a community space. The queer collective offers inexpensive housing, community, and a food system.

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Could a vacancy tax help housing affordability in Sacramento?

Alex Muegge

August 23, 2022 |

The Observer |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

After Oakland instituted a vacant property tax for residential units and parcels, the city collected roughly $8 million in tax revenue in 2020 to support homeless services, blight remediation, and stemming illegal dumping. The number of vacant properties in Oakland also decreased.

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One solution to reduce homelessness is to name each person affected

Michaela Towfighi

August 21, 2022 |

Concord Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A national nonprofit, Community Solutions, works to reduce homelessness with a name-by-name list strategy in which communities create profiles for people experiencing homelessness to track their housing history, attempts to find new housing, and their current needs. The information is shared across all applicable community organizations to organize and speed up the assistance process.

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A model for neighborhood renewal

Jim Morrison

August 18, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

The New Markets Tax Credits program provides affordable housing by selling homes with mortgages as low as $550. Since the program gained more traction, the number of owner-occupied buildings in the area has more than doubled to 26% from 12%.

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How a 100-day solution to homelessness could help Knox County

Grant Ritchey

August 08, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Knox County, Ohio

Reinstitute is a global non-profit, focusing on lowering homelessness across the world. The organization works with communities, both rural or urban, and constructs a “100-day challenge” to gather various groups and resources together to make a consequential change in homelessness in 100 days. The program has seen great success across the U.S., most recently housing 1,852 people following a campaign in California.

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Occupy to survive: Brazilians squat to fight for housing rights

Mia Alberti

July 29, 2022 |

Al Jazeera |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

Housing activists have been living in an abandoned building — Prestes Maia — since 2002. Through their years of activism, occupying the space and working to make the 22-story high-rise livable Prestes Maia is being transformed into social housing for the families that have been living there for the past several years.

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Finding solutions to address the homeless crisis

Diane Duenez

July 26, 2022 |

WXYZ-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

A city-sanctioned program allows people to camp on a corner in Chattanooga, despite it being illegal statewide. The safety and stability allow residents to focus on improving their economic situations in order to find stable housing.

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The San Luis Valley has at least 150 abandoned homes. A nonprofit is fixing them for people who need housing.

Tatiana Flowers

July 24, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Luis Valley, Colorado

Organizations in the San Luis Valley are identifying and renovating abandoned homes in an effort to alleviate the affordable housing crisis. Numerous projects are currently in progress to reach a goal of reducing demand by 20 to 30 percent within the next five years.

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Resilient communities are essential for refugees, and involving residents is the key

Amanda Magnani

July 19, 2022 |

International Service for Human Rights |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Switzerland

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, individual citizens stepped up in countries around the world to offer shelter to refugees, often through local volunteering programs that offer stipends to those who sign up. These grassroots efforts helped Aya Aslanova, a 47-year-old Ukrainian grandmother, find stable housing in Switzerland, while in Lithuania, citizens have offered up more than 10,000 places to stay for migrants fleeing Ukraine.

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'Let's Try Something New' Meets the National Housing Squeeze

Erika Bolstad

July 18, 2022 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

The Boise nonprofit, LEAP, builds affordable housing with innovative approaches, including using donated land held in trust and solar panels to keep utility costs low. The creative approach to land ownership and the use of alternative construction techniques and materials help more people afford homes in a fast-growing metro area.

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