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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

Law enforcement knew the name of the suspect and this individual matched a description but did not have any identification. About to be handcuffed, the individual remembered their Kiip account. This past August, police detained a resident of a HOPICS residential shelter as a suspect in a crime.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is passed to family members legally entitled to it. Though heirs’ property is widespread, it disproportionately affects Black landowners in the South due to the legacy of slavery and racist land ownership laws.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Center cities provide a kind of quality of life benefit to the suburbs, as they tend to provide more services and get more homeless individuals as a result.

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After the Storm: Summary Ejectment and Assistance Programs in North Carolina

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Typically, the security deposit is not addressed in actions for summary ejectment because the landlord (or their agent) has usually not had a chance to inspect the rental property for damages and deliver an accounting to the tenant prior to the summary ejectment hearing. There is no case law interpreting G.S.

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What is government for?

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

He explained that in the modern world, the government must protect people from disasters created by forces outside their control, and it must provide social services that would protect people from unemployment, old age, illness, accidents, unsafe food and drugs, homelessness, and disease. and his brother-in-law L. Buckley, Jr.,

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Transit access is more complicated even because "choice riders"--people with cars--see transit more as a social service, not a vital community service. Negro Motorist Green Book and public accommodations laws and enforcement. Disparities in enforcement. Negro Travelers' Green Book, 1956. Complete scan.