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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

In 2018, only 5 percent of the conventional mortgage market were loans to Black borrowers, compared to 15 percent of the FHA/VA market, which are government-mandated to serve underserved borrowers. These conversations led to the following recommendations: The 203(k) program needs more education and direct outreach.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The school district doesn't understand at all the link between neighborhoods and school success, school success and neighborhoods, and the need to invest in outreach and building relationships beyond the school grounds. Students, parents, and teachers participating in a clean up of the school grounds, Wasatch Elementary School, Salt Lake.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Ordinary versus Extraordinary Planning around the rebuilding of the United Medical Center in Southeast Washington DC | Part One: Rearticulating the system of health and wellness care East of the River ," 2018 -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St. How to make a hospital a hub.

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Announcing the 2022-2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant winners

AWS Public Sector Blog

Every day, nonprofit organizations around the world are improving millions of lives and our planet’s health with their ingenuity, resourcefulness, and compassion. These insights will be used to redefine signals of risks, advance methods of outreach and care, and ultimately prevent service member and veteran suicide.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They do not, but they have developed a program called Community First , working with nonprofits in their district that do have dedicated staff with the expertise and range of applicable resources to help. Like most places, New York City has city-provided reporting mechanisms, 911 and 311. A final word.