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Supporting nonprofit and mission-driven affordable housing providers 

Candid

But it has always been precarious, relying on a combination of government funding and razor-thin operating margins. This lowers property revenue, even as material, labor, and insurance costs risea combination thats making building and operating affordable housing extremely difficult, or even infeasible. How did we get here?

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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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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

After decades of urban disinvestment, many urbanites celebrate these schools as “anchor institutions” to help drive their area’s big comeback or renewal. 23 Such university developments simultaneously raise property values and contribute little to public services. 39 And interest in these nonprofit land struggles has gone global.

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How the State of the People Power Tour Is Building Power and Amplifying Black Voices

NonProfit Quarterly

Seven of the tours 10 stops are in states that are disproportionately impacted by regressive policies, such as voter suppression laws and the refusal of state governments to expand Medicaid , even though more than half of Black and Latine children rely on Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for their healthcare coverage.

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Tenants Nationwide Call for Social Housing Now!

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Seattle City Council on Wikimedia Commons Across the country, renters and unhoused people are organizing to demand that all levels of government address the nation’s housing crisis. Public housing—directly funded by the government and hence affordable to the lowest income people—is a fundamental cornerstone of social housing.

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How the Climate Crisis Impacts People Who Are Unhoused

NonProfit Quarterly

In the meantime, the cost of maintaining ownership and insurance for homes across the nation is rising. percent increase in insurance rates that took place between 2018 and 2023, according to CNBC. More houses are becoming unhabitable, more land unlivable. percent of that rise.