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An Indigenous Community Land Trust Is Creating Housing Through #LandBack

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Now, through a unique legal model, it’s creating housing for former foster youth on its ancestral land. In Eureka, California, the Wiyot tribe has seen historic urban Indigenous land return victories.

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Filling The Accessible Housing Gap For Disabled People Of Color

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New developments are prioritizing affordable, accessible housing for a population that’s uniquely vulnerable to housing discrimination.

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Lessons From The U.K.’s Transformative Social Housing System

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’s social housing system changed millions of low- and middle-income people’s lives – and how privatization has crippled its power. Social historian John Boughton explains how the U.K.’s

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Housing For Renters: Programs and Policies

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With increasing demand for rental housing and rising rents across the country, it can be helpful to residents for cities, towns, and villages to create and support programs that assist renters in accessing safe and healthy housing.

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Housing for Individuals with Disabilities

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Individuals with a disability often struggle, like many today, to find adequate, accessible housing at affordable prices. Roughly 27% of adults in the United States live with a disability.

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Federal Housing Grants Address Local Government Capacity Needs 

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The Biden administration announced new federal grant opportunities to provide local governments with direct technical assistance and funding for capacity building around planning, land utilization, and preservation of affordable housing.

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Housing For: LGBTQIA+

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Nationally, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans experience housing instability […] Source While not interchangeable, these terms are all used in this blog and derived from their respective original sources to uphold the accuracy of the data and programs being presented.

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