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

NonProfit Quarterly

The Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority leveraged the improvements at Summit Lake Park to secure a Choice Neighborhoods planning grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Most importantly, the team has elevated a new generation of diverse leaders who are contributing new energy to Akron’s civic spaces.

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How Mobile Home Owners Organize for Land Ownership and Climate Resiliency

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, contemporary manufactured homes are regulated under a strict code from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Such changes improve the energy efficiency of mobile homes and can help keep them safe in a changing world. And the average construction cost of a manufactured home is just $90,000.

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Currently, an estimated 20 percent of emissions in the United States comes from the energy used in homes. by storing solar energy), and thinking about what happens to housing after major climate events. Mitigation practices include green building (i.e., FHO has already committed to centering racial justice in housing justice.