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  • Why this program for ex-offenders is working better in rural areas

    December 05, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Rates of recidivism in Pennsylvania have dropped substantially in recent years. Part of this decrease is due to the efforts of the Union County Justice Bridge Housing Program, which assists ex-offenders with housing. Other counties across the state are trying to replicate this success, yet face geographic and socioeconomic barriers.

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  • The Other Housing Crisis: Finding a Home in Rural America

    September 22, 2016 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    The national affordable housing crisis is creating challenges for rural areas. Low-income residents in rural towns struggle to find quality, affordable housing, and government subsidies for housing have decreased in recent years. However, two examples show potential. In Elkins, West Virginia, the Randolph Housing Authority helps people buy affordable homes that are funded by the USDA rural development division and built by a youth training program. In Woodland, California, agricultural workers are moving to Spring Lake, a growing community whose energy usage is net-zero.

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  • Boston Brings Several Agencies Together To Help Find Housing For Homeless Veterans

    November 04, 2015 |

    WBUR |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston aims to end chronic homelessness by 2018 by paying special attention to veterans. The city is working with private agencies to find housing units and offer homeless veterans a case worker to ensure that they find somewhere to live.

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  • Drugs and Abusive Father Drove Her Into Military Life

    August 31, 2015 |

    Women's eNews |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    At least 25 percent of female veterans were sexually abused in childhood, making it more difficult to reenter civilian life. Volunteers of America runs a holistic housing program for homeless veterans in the U.S.

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  • Recycled Kitchens, Salvaged Splendor

    August 21, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    Renovating and furnishing a home can be hugely expensive. Homeowners who are renovating on a budget, and want to do so in a way that is evironmentally friendly, can find recycled luxury kitchens and other lightly used fixtures at stores like Green Demolitions.

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  • Can mobile homes save home ownership?

    April 27, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

    Thirty-five percent of Americans will never own their home and risk a rent increase or eviction. Owned Communities USA enables working-class families to become home owners through manufactured homes, loans, and legal aid.

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  • A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

    February 25, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Many subprime borrowers in the United States are financially unable to buy a home themselves. An unconventional lender is trying to make it easier for low-income people to buy houses despite the tighter requirements that other lenders adopted after the mortgage bust.

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  • New Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes

    April 04, 2013 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh

    An innovative program by an unusual bank allows low-income people in Cambodia to take out a 15-year fixed mortgage with little or no documentation - contradicting traditional loan assumptions and creating means for some of the country's poorest people to completely change their lives. The bank and its investors are now making a profit, and more than 700 mortgages and building loans have been provided.

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  • What the world can learn from Singapore's safe and squeaky-clean high-rise housing projects

    November 22, 2012 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

    Unlike many other countries who have found public housing facilities to be highly prone to crime and toxic loan practices, Singapore uses a mix of resident home ownership, policing, and mixed-income developments to create thriving, clean housing options that may provide a model for other countries.

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