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This CDFI Is Helping Indigenous Artists Level Up Their Businesses
The Native American Community Development Corporation’s artist loan program has provided $35,000 to Native artists around the ...
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HUD Is Withholding Billions in Homelessness Funds. These People’s Lives Are Already Changing.
From a disabled supportive housing resident set to lose her apartment to homeless service providers awaiting frozen funds, ...
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New Legislation in New York Supports Foster Children’s Right to ‘Dignified Transportation’
Two pieces of legislation in New York would end the common practice of giving foster youth trash bags to transport their ...
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No Signal? No Problem. Meet the New App for Navigating D.C. Transit
“Our app will tell you how to walk to your closest public transport node, which specific vehicle to get, on whether that’s ...
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Should Community Organizations Collaborate With Police? Weighing the Realities
While calls for defunding the police have quieted, for some, collaborating with law enforcement agencies feels like shaky ...
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The Weekly Wrap: The Federal Funding Rollercoaster Continues
Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and ...
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Transit Stations Aren’t Designed for Women and Caregivers. Here’s How To Change That.
A collaboration between SUMC and Living Cities and Communities, the design framework offers a roadmap for transforming ...
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Can Louisville’s New ‘Anti-Displacement Tool’ Redirect City Funds Toward Affordable Housing?
Louisville passed a first-of-its-kind bill to make sure no more city subsidies help build new housing that displaces existing ...
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Fixing the Housing Crisis Goes Beyond Building More Units
Millions of Americans struggle to find affordable housing. And conversation about solutions often gets overtaken by one idea: build more units! To be sure, reforming zoning laws to enable new housing ...