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  • Telluride isn't immune to Colorado's high country housing problem. But it's finding a solution in diversification

    March 18, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Telluride, Colorado

    While towns across the Mountain West struggle to provide affordable housing, Telluride looks to diversification of housing to build sustainable, economically beneficial houses and apartments. From tiny homes to dormitory-style apartment buildings, the city's developments leave room for singles and families alike, and easily afforded with government bonds and subsidies.

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  • Colleges start looking for ways to house and feed their students who are homeless

    March 18, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Thirty-six percent of university and 46 percent of community college students in the United States are housing insecure. From providing monthly rent subsidies to allowing students living in their cars to park on campus to matching community college students with empty dorm rooms at nearby schools, colleges across the country are working with nonprofits and housing authorities to develop creative solutions.

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  • When Your Sexual Harasser Has Keys to Your Apartment

    March 18, 2019 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Syracuse, New York

    Strategies for combatting sexual harassment in housing across the United States begin with increased awareness and reporting. With incidents of sexual harassment in housing chronically underreported since the passing of the Fair Housing Act in 1974, recent initiatives by nonprofits like CNY Fair Housing and programs by the Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development seek to address the issue. These initiatives focus on increasing awareness and education, informing both landlords and tenants of Fair Housing policy.

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  • Schools help teachers with a new kind of homework: finding a place to live

    March 05, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Thoreau, New Mexico

    In Thoreau, New Mexico, many of the district's teachers live in the "teacherage," a neighborhood of modest, affordable homes set aside for the town's educators. Thoreau's model, which offers rent subsidization and a built-in community, is just one example of strategies rural and urban areas are using to combat teacher shortages and low teacher salaries.

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  • New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer?

    March 01, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    It takes political will to create mixed-income housing and manage the social impacts of gentrification. In contrast to New York, the London borough of Hackney has taken steps to fix its housing crisis by putting the interests of residents ahead of the interests of developers. Several housing developments slated for development in the East London neighborhood now blend subsidized and market-rate units.

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  • What if the future of housing means accepting that a home isn't permanent?

    February 27, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Modified shipping containers can offer a solution for housing shortages. In London, QED Properties and ISO Spaces partnered together to create The Hope Gardens, a temporary housing arrangement for Londoners facing homelessness. The units provide space for those awaiting permanent housing. The modular homes are easily constructed and help to keep people off of the streets.

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  • With no upfront costs, this innovative financing tool makes energy efficiency affordable to all

    February 26, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Aulander, North Carolina

    North Carolina’s Roanoke Electric Cooperative is helping members bring down energy costs. Because the energy costs in this area is due to a lack of energy efficiency, the cooperative offers tariffed on-billing to help homes offset expenses like insulation and new heat pumps. The tariffed on-billing uses federal loans to pay for said expenses, and then the customer pays the tariff charge in their bill – which ends up being lower because of the energy efficient upgrades.

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  • Seniors' technology has come a long way since 'I've fallen and can't get up'

    February 26, 2019 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Assistive technology meant to support senior citizens looking to age in place is getting better at responding to senior needs. Security systems, health monitors, and more advances are helping seniors live independently for longer and saving families money as they consider options to allow family members to age with dignity and care.

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  • Cordillera resort to reopen as tony drug-treatment facility for “seriously underserved population” — the wealthy

    February 22, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Edwards, Colorado

    An upscale rehabilitation center is coming to Eagle County in Colorado, after similar models have seen success throughout California. Although many residents have opposed the development, developers hope that this addiction-treatment facility will help decrease the stigma for those in the community who need to seek help.

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  • Keeping Affordability in Focus As Columbus Revitalization Picks up Steam

    February 19, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus, Ohio aims to make housing more affordable by enacting he Central Ohio Community Land Trust; the community land trust uses ideas from other national affordable financing models to ensure low-income Columbus residents can afford safe, clean housing. The land trust keeps housing affordable in neighborhoods where rents are steadily rising in an effort to create equitable mixed-income communities.

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