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  • A Landlord ‘Underestimated' His Tenants. Now They Could Own the Building.

    May 06, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Thanks to teamwork and the help of a Housing Development Fund Corporation Co-Op apartment tenants will be able to buy their apartments for $2,500 each. This practice helps to combat rent hikes and creates generational wealth for individuals owning their apartment.

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  • Mansfield homeless pilot project plans to ask, 'What do you need?'

    April 29, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Bloomington, Indiana

    A successful initiative in Indiana is asking people experiencing homelessness what they need in order to find housing and stay housed. The years-long program has provided food and shelter resources as well as permanent housing and employment.

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  • The struggle to help LGBTQ foster youth aging-out of the system

    April 28, 2022 |

    Outword Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Fostering Connections to Success Act helps aged-out foster children obtain housing, but it's not always easy for LGBTQ+ youth to find safe, accepting places to live. But with the newly implemented Resource Family Approval program, members of area child protective services departments and foster care representatives meet with potential foster families to evaluate how they would support LGBTQ+ youth in their home.

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  • How Cincinnati is buying homes in bulk to keep them cheap

    April 19, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    The city of Cincinnati is outbidding institutional real estate investors and buying houses with the aim of mitigating rising rents and housing costs. The big investment funds are partly to blame for skyrocketing rents.

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  • Raise or retreat? Home elevation aims to protect historic houses

    April 15, 2022 |

    WAVY-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    As waters continue to rise and flood homes at sea levels, some homeowners are spending thousands of dollars to raise their homes off the ground. This solution that has been tried in Charleston is expensive, but some people think it can also work in Virginia. One industry expert started the Home Raising Academy, a workforce development program, to train architects, engineers, realtors, and government officials on floodplain management, insurance, and financing for home elevations in the area.

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  • Philadelphia explores heirs' property solutions to boost generational wealth

    April 08, 2022 |

    The Post and Courier |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Tangled Title Fund is helping qualified homeowners overcome logistical barriers that prevent them from being the clear owners of their home. Legal issues that result from unclear deeds can sabotage the benefits associated with home ownership, such as economic mobility. The initiative prevents the racial wealth gap from growing even wider by keeping generational wealth in Black families and communities.

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  • Aging with dignity: health care employee recruitment

    April 01, 2022 |

    Pioneer PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: United States, Hutchinson, Minnesota

    To combat worker shortages, the Presbyterian Homes and Services — a network of over 50 senior living communities — has been partnering with the International Personnel Resource of the Philippines to bring registered nurses from overseas to the states.

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  • ‘Workforce' housing adds homes for locals. What about the price?

    March 23, 2022 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

    Teton County’s workforce program is helping local workers find affordable housing. With a low volume of available housing and skyrocketing rents, having housing options that are set aside specifically for local workers has been helpful.

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  • California town pays up to $10,000 to get homeowners to ‘lease to locals'

    March 16, 2022 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Truckee, California

    A California town is making housing more affordable for local families. Homeowners who typically rent to tourists are given financial incentives to rent to locals instead.

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  • Meet the 'Cultural Mediators' Who Help Refugees in Germany

    March 11, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    To help migrants in Germany acclimate and find stability in a new culture, Wohnbrücke Hamburg trains volunteers to act as mediators between landlords and refugees in search of housing. Between 2015 and 2021, the organization helped more than 3,000 refugees move out of camps and into homes, while roughly 1,000 volunteers have been trained to guide refugees through the housing process and offer social and cultural support.

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