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  • Years with no nation, 90 days to become a Minnesotan

    December 31, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Thousands of refugees are navigating hurdles of integration in the United States. Organizations like the Minnesota Council of Churches provide comprehensive support in a number of areas - from housing to job applications to health insurance paperwork - but all with the end goal of helping the relocated families towards independence and sustainability in their new life.

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  • Chicago Renters Back ‘ROOTS' as Solution to Affordable Housing

    September 21, 2016 |

    Equal Voice News |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Communities United a grassroots organizations in Chicago is solving the city's housing crisis with a program called ROOTS (Renters Organizing Ourselves to Stay). The organization is bringing together financiers, development organizations and partners to make housing more affordable. ROOTS managed to significantly improve renters' rights law by making amendments to the city’s affordable housing ordinance.

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  • A Nonprofit Lender Revives the Hopes of Subprime Borrowers

    February 25, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Many subprime borrowers in the United States are financially unable to buy a home themselves. An unconventional lender is trying to make it easier for low-income people to buy houses despite the tighter requirements that other lenders adopted after the mortgage bust.

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  • New Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes

    April 04, 2013 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh

    An innovative program by an unusual bank allows low-income people in Cambodia to take out a 15-year fixed mortgage with little or no documentation - contradicting traditional loan assumptions and creating means for some of the country's poorest people to completely change their lives. The bank and its investors are now making a profit, and more than 700 mortgages and building loans have been provided.

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