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How to Recharge a Nonprofit-Led Affordable Housing Delivery System

NonProfit Quarterly

In fact, a recently released Government Accountability Office report indicates the five largest corporate owners possess 300,000 of the nearly 450,000 institutional investor-owned homes across the United States, a trend that has only further consolidated the market. billion in development activity.

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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Yet it is precisely at this moment, when democracy is being challenged from all sides, and when the limitations of our nearly 250 years of governing are coming to a breaking point, that we must rise up and fulfill this mandate. Trust in government is at near-record lows because none have yet delivered for all. This work is urgent.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

She has spearheaded innovation in heart and stroke prevention with AHA active in more than 100 countries. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. AHA has invested more than $5.9 billion to accelerate scientific discoveries and drive innovation using new technologies. These wins include requiring the U.S.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Work requirements are based on several problematic truths about the United States: an unwillingness to govern by fact rather than fiction, a deep history of racism and sexism, and a centuries-long capitalist work ethic that treats people as dispensable. They are administratively efficient.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But while the shift from passive beneficiary to active customer represents increased agency, this line of thinking presupposes that the poor will remain so for the foreseeable future; the objective is simply to maximize their purchasing power at still-low income levels.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

Training Leaders With modules including how to understand lead dangers and exposure, techniques for cleaning, and information on personal hygiene and nutrition, the EPA’s Lead Awareness curriculum features lesson plans and worksheets, as well as activity sheets designed specifically for elementary school-aged children.