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  • Anti-poverty crusaders fight to cut taxes for mobile-home owners

    August 11, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania

    For low-income people living in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, the Honey Brook Food Pantry does more than provide food aid; it's also a hub to get assistance applying for food stamps, and perhaps most uniquely, a place to learn about property taxes on mobile homes. The owners of the food bank have also helped their clients find out if they're overpaying property taxes on their mobile home, an adjustment that can massively help them save.

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  • Why don't Seattle renters know their rights?

    July 27, 2018 |

    Crosscut |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    While Seattle’s City Council has taken steps to protect renters from rising costs and exploitative landlords, many tenants do not understand their rights. In order to address this disconnect, advocacy groups have organized “tenant rights boot camps” to educate renters about their rights and avenues of recourse under the law.

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  • To fix its housing woes, should California look to Seattle?

    July 26, 2018 |

    CalMatters |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In response to the rapidly developing Seattle housing crisis, the city has begun to rezone single-family housing as high-rise apartment buildings and create accessible public transportation in redeveloped areas. Though this fastest-growing city in the country has a long way to go in the fight for affordable housing, the Bay Area cities can look to these rent-stabilizing solutions as possible responses to their own housing crisis.

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  • The Urbanist Case for Trailer Parks

    July 26, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Manufactured housing—including trailer homes and tiny houses—is a low-cost, small-footprint way to increase affordable housing. However, strict zoning requirements and even outright bans limit its impact.

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  • Barcelona Finds a Way to Control Its Airbnb Market

    June 06, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Swamped by short-term vacation rentals, Barcelona pushed Airbnb to share data with government officials and help ensure that only licensed properties are listed on the site. The agreement offers a model for how other cities can respond to the same problem.

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  • Housing

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Though there continue to be stigmas and stereotypes around using medically-assisted treatments (MATs) for addiction rehabilitation, several housing units in Philadelphia work to make individuals using MAT as part of their recovery feel welcome. One such recovery residence, the Joy of Living, offers stability and open arms for individuals on MAT programs, many of whom are often turned away by other facilities.

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  • Tiny Houses Alone Can't Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here's What Can

    May 08, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Buying a house with 8 other people, tiny houses, forming a homeowners association to buy land, and community land trust’s are all different options people are taking to find alternate forms of housing that are affordable. “They’ve defined a new American Dream. They hope others will follow their model, if not by making the same choice, then by being willing to look beyond traditional boundaries.”

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  • Spokane Hopes Tiny Homes and Cottages Will Spur Infill Density

    February 15, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    The city of Spokane has made it easier for multiple smaller housing units to be built on a plot of land by changing their zoning requirements. The change makes it easier for affordable housing to be built, among other things. It also attracts development within the city limits, rather than sprawling into the suburbs.

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  • How a private company is bringing affordable houses to Indian Country

    February 05, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    A private company called Travois acts as a bridge between tribes and private investors in order to help make affordable housing more accessible in tribal homelands across the West. The company brings investors to tribal land and, in turn, helps to attain tax credits for investments in this land.

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  • How Tenants Use Digital Mapping to Track Bad Landlords and Gentrification

    January 12, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Social justice organizations use digital cartography to tell stories about and bring awareness to unfair gentrification and landlord loopholes. By making massive data sets available and easily digestible to the public, organizations create a way for the public to play watch-dog in the affordable housing market.

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