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  • How a mobile-home park saved its community from a corporate buyout

    August 04, 2023 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    When the Westside Mobile Home Park went up for sale, it brought the threat of displacement to those who lived there. So, the Elevation Community Land Trust partnered with the residents of the Durango, Colorado, community to form a housing cooperative. Now, the park's land is owned by a community land trust that offers each resident 99-year leases for significantly cheaper than if the park was attached to the real estate market.

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  • How one CT business began providing free housing to workers

    August 02, 2023 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Due to a state-wide housing shortage, the Friends Center for Children in New Haven, Connecticut, purchased and refurbished housing units for its teachers and their families to live in for free. This bonus to teachers' salaries helps attract and retain employees, a difficult task in the industry.

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  • A Personal Approach to Overcoming Veteran Homelessness in Detroit

    July 31, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Built For Zero program works to end homelessness by partnering with community organizations aimed at helping people experiencing homelessness — specifically veterans — access safe, affordable housing. The Detroit branch is one of the 105 cities nationwide participating in the program. Since joining in 2015, the city has reduced veteran homelessness by about 60%.

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  • Portland drag performers raise funds at ‘Drag the House Up!'

    July 26, 2023 |

    Street Roots |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Groups like Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Black & Beyond the Binary Collective aims to provide safe, affordable housing to people in crisis — specifically members of the LGBTQ+ community. The group partners with other local organizations to raise funds through donations and events like drag shows to help address extreme rates of homelessness and housing discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. These groups have helped more than 200 people access housing in the past four years and are continuing to acquire funds to expand their services.

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  • L.A.'s new homeless solution clears camps but struggles to house people

    July 13, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Inside Safe addresses the significant homelessness crisis in the city by traveling to encampments and offering people hotel rooms to stay in where they are connected with permanent housing and other necessary resources, like mental health care. Hotel rooms provide people with a safe space to heal and rest while working with a case worker to find housing. The initiative has so far moved 1,373 people into hotel rooms and 77 of them have moved into permanent housing.

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  • Larchmere Homes: 30 new affordable lease-purchase homes near completion

    July 11, 2023 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The CHN Housing Partners’ lease-purchase program builds affordable homes for low-income individuals to rent. Residents live and pay rent in the homes for 15 years while taking homeownership and financial counseling courses to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to become homeowners. Over the past 30 years, CHN has built more than 1,700 lease-purchase homes and more than 1,600 of them have been sold to owner-occupants.

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  • Everyone's tired of homelessness in California. Are you willing to rent your extra room to help?

    July 11, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Homecoming Project helps provide housing for formerly incarcerated people by matching those in need with homeowners offering spare bedrooms. Since starting in 2018, The Homecoming Project has placed nearly 100 people in host homes and has helped those individuals connect with employment and long-term housing.

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  • A Sacramento group united an affordable housing complex. Here's how it changed lives

    July 07, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The GreenHouse provides after-school programming for children living in one of Sacramento’s most densely-populated affordable housing communities. Over the past 20 years, roughly 1,000 children have participated in the organization’s programs, including homework help, social events, internship and leadership opportunities, and more.

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  • How Texas shrank its homelessness population — and what it can teach California

    June 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Efforts throughout Texas to reduce homelessness are serving as inspiration for states like California, that have similar homelessness issues. From committing funding to homeless reduction programs to establishing more advanced shelters like The Navigation Center, the state recorded a 28% drop in homelessness last year and has helped several individuals transition into permanent housing.

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  • A Texas city shelters nearly all homeless residents in one place. It's turning heads in California

    June 28, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Haven for Hope is a large, 22-acre, 1,600-person shelter that serves 85% of the city’s homeless population. It’s an all-inclusive space that provides a place to stay, as well as access to services like medical and dental care, counseling services, mental health care, childcare, job and housing assistance.

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