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How Mobile Home Owners Organize for Land Ownership and Climate Resiliency

NonProfit Quarterly

And though the name might suggest that residents can easily pick up and move, these manufactured homes are actually not very mobile at all. Manufactured housing is “the Ugly Duckling of affordable housing,” according to the Niskanen Center , which describes the mobile home as “a grievously underutilized, deeply affordable housing resource.”

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

using non-toxic building materials that were manufactured, transported, and constructed using low-carbon, non-polluting methods and materials); reducing energy consumption and pollution; and using integrative design , which incorporates sustainability up front and promotes good health and livability throughout the building’s life cycle.

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Project 2025: What Does It Mean for Racial and Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Housing: The Project 2025 chapter on housing is authored by a familiar name, none other than the former US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson. Roger Severino , a former Trump administration official in the department who authors the HHS chapter (chapter 14), advocates for eliminating the program (482).