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Helping the city to close its fiscal gap toward the construction of Freedom Apartments is Covenant Presbyterian Church. Its low interest loan, a form of financial assistance rarely adopted by the area’s churches, is a continuation of efforts to alleviate housing insecurity. Other endeavors enacted since Covenant’s founding in 1951 include its aid to blacks displaced by urban renewal in the 1960s to co-founding the Jeremiah Project in the 1980s.
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40574
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The profiled and pictured worship spaces, representing Islam, Greek Orthodox, Hindu, Catholic, and Jewish faith traditions, represent Charlotte’s religious diversity. The five houses of worship have at least one common mission: promoting social justice by helping to address systemic inequalities and resolve problems arising from these inequalities.
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41192
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Lacour applies the term wedge to the struggles the poor in Mecklenburg County face in finding adequate housing. Related to price and safety are factors such as the widening gap between the rich and poor in cities such as Pineville and Charlotte and dearth of economic mobility for minorities, particularly in Charlotte.
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43397
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In this article the author is discussing the affordable housing crisis in Garner. Due to the influx of young business minded people moving into the area. Apartments like the Forest Hills Apartments gave residents with section 8 housing vouchers a few days to move out for renovations. Fewer apartment buildings are accepting section 8 housing vouchers and the city is having to put individuals and families temporarily into hotels and motels while the issue is being resolved.
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In this article the author is discussing what happen senior members of the LGBTQ+ community experience when going into assisted living situations. Many seniors in the community talk about having to go back into the “closet,” meaning hiding their queer identity, in fear of being discriminated by their care staff. The article also discusses that Les Geller helped found SAGE, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders, in New York but now is helping create a chapter in Raleigh. This is an attempt to help find affordable housing services for queer elders.
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43454
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In this article the author is discussing the push for lifting the ban on the construction of accessory dwelling units, backyard cottages, in Raleigh. Residents of Raleigh are lobbying to lift the ban on accessory dwelling units so that they can rent their houses out, more affordable housing, having elderly family members live close by, college housing, and places where additional family members can live. City officials and other residents argue that it can cause the neighborhoods to become crowded, increased light pollution, rowdy residents, and that the ADU’s might not match the surrounding homes.
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43689
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In this article the author is discussing how there are plans for a new housing trust in Durham that they want to be funded through private donations. Mayor of Durham Steve Schewel gave his hour-long city address to talk about planting trees and was them to help take care of some decade’s old disparities. Under the leadership of Phail Wynn, the vice president of Durham’s regional affairs is trying to start a housing trust which are not very common. The unique part of this is that they are trying to get the housing trust funded through private donations.
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