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  • Chipping away at mental health crisis

    The state of Wisconsin has a teen suicide rate three-times greater than the national average. Lawmakers have scrambled to address and provide greater access to mental health services in the state by offering temporary housing shelters, treatment programs, and new police training. The initiative is expanding to three cities and health officials see progress because of a decrease in hospitalizations.

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  • Developers use innovative strategies to deliver affordable housing

    As Seattle and the region search for ways to produce and retain affordable housing, these four developments backed by private capital are examples of different strategies that have worked.

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  • Why Birmingham Is Thriving in a County That's Bankrupt

    In Alabama’s largest city, a story of economic confidence in an unlikely place.

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  • Could Urban Farms Be the Preschools of the Future?

    A group of architects proposed a new design to help raise environmentally responsible kids by combining farms and preschools.

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  • In Toronto, a Neighborhood in Despair Transforms Into a Model of Inclusion

    An ambitious plan for the 69-acre Regent Park neighborhood is disrupting entrenched notions of class, race and religion, at a time when concerns over income inequality and immigration are growing.

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  • The Crisis Within: How Toxic Stress and Trauma Endanger Our Children

    Chronic toxic stress caused by violence in trauma in a child's life can be exceedingly harmful - but can be remedied through building personal relationships and trust.

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  • How a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel

    Manchester, New Hampshire used creative financing and collaboration between businesses and the state to rise up from its industrial past and create a promising future in the tech landscaping. Developers purchased dilapidated factories and abandoned buildings and constructed updated office and commercial space for Internet and tech companies to make their way into the city, bringing young workers with them.

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  • What Planners of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Line Can Learn in New Jersey

    The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, across the river from New York City, offers a look at the benefits and challenges of a street-level transit line.

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  • Can a Game Help Build Affordable Housing?

    To break through gridlock on fair housing, city planners, citizens, and government officials in wealthy Westchester County, New York, try a new tactic: Using a simulation game to try out different development scenarios. The result has been increased civic participation and efficiency.

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  • São Paulo Is Betting Better Urban Planning Can Solve a Housing Crisis

    The Western Hemisphere’s biggest city has developed a model blueprint for progressive housing policy in developing countries, in large part by affirming squatters' rights and demanding a certain percentage of low-income housing in new developments.

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