housing
Last updated by kch on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 19:36.
We plan to create another housing cooperative focused on sustainability and social justice in Kalamazoo. We provide affordable, cooperative, and community-focused housing. Our organization will be committed to cooperation and democratic member control, advancing the cause of higher education, acting as a model for ecologically sustainable living, and community service and education that works toward social justice.
We came to this idea after seeing campus cooperatives around the country and learning that no alternative housing of this nature exists in Kalamazoo.
Last updated by matthewbukirin on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 18:37.
“what would our communities and our society look like if the collective vision, leadership, energy and talents of even a small percentage of all young people were directed toward community transformations?”
This year, the Youth Outreach Advocate of the Eviction Defense Network is focusing on developing a housing advocacy youth leadership program in downtown Los Angeles.
Last updated by Leahwright on Sun, 01/13/2008 - 11:23.
I live in a densely populated urban area with a high murder rate and homeless problem. I want to see each street or neighborhood have it's own "Club House". A place for use by neighborhood children ages 12 to 17, where they can come and sit in warmth or air conditioning depending on the season. It would be a home-like setting, with games, television, internet and meals and snacks served.
I would like to see abandonned homes to be used for club houses, with second floor housing for the elderly, homeless and disabled (entryway through separate doors).
Last updated by guadalupe_314 on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 23:50.
I am in a group called College Bound St. Louis. During the summer of 2006 we helped build one family's home. We worked a toal of 24 hours. W e would start at 7am and end aroung 2pm or 3 pm. Since I wasn;t very expirienced in home bulding, I was selected to be the safety officer for our house. I had to make sure that everyone was wearing the correct equipment. I also had to give them annoucements on what the schedule throughout the day would be. The house was finally completed in the summer of 2007. The family was very happy with our accomplishments.
Last updated by uniq16 on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 18:34.
Iroquois High School in Louisville, KY has a chapter of Amnesty International that will be concentrating on homelessness and Hurricane Katrina Relief this year. We will be volunteering with ULM (Urban Life Ministries) Relief rebuilding houses in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Last updated by Archive Institu... on Sat, 08/11/2007 - 16:37.
The Archive Institute Poster Competition 2007 is a project that places children at the forefront of the campaign against HIV/AIDS. In response to the UNICEF’s call to action, we are seeking to unite the efforts of children around the world against the destructive pandemic of HIV/AIDS.
Express your imagination and creativity to us through artwork! The 2007 ARCHIVE Institute poster competition calls for poster designs from young artists under the age of 18 who want to help bring increased attention to the widespread AIDS epidemic.
Last updated by barshall on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 10:09.
We could all come together and bulid houses for the homeless in society. They all feel the is no shoulder to lean on but we as one people under God will help put back thier smiley faces. If we could do this for a couple of people at least someone will enter a room put something down with no fear of someone taking it. To someone out there in the street, a home means every thing as a car would mean the world to someone. The crime wave in this socitey will also be reduced. After the homes, we could also find some petty jobs for them to do.
Last updated by lkirkham on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 10:29.
The Affordable Housing Management Program provides renovation assistance to owners of small-scale rental properties with the understanding that they will rent out these properties at a reduced rate for a length of time in proportion to the amount of assistance they receive. In terms of the physical renovation of these properties, the services offered by SAFER are identical to those of the Family Match program, and include coordination and supervision of all subcontractor work, recruitment of volunteers for manual labor, and delivery of supplies.
Last updated by rhodescourter on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 10:44.
Ashley Rhodes-Courter was born in North Carolina in 1985 and entered foster care in 1989. Over the next nine years, she lived in 14 placements before being adopted at age 12 by Phil and Gay Courter of Crystal River, Florida. By law, she had all the rights and privileges of any other American child, but her circumstances put her in a position where she had no parents, no home, and no voice for almost ten years. Many of her 14 foster homes were illegally overcrowded, one was extremely abusive, and two were modern orphanages serving troubled and dangerous children.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 12:20.
2006 BRICK Award winner Ashley Gunn started Students Aiding Indigent Families (SAIF) after a mission trip to Africa the summer before entering 7th grade. SAIF is a not-for-profit organization which purchases foreclosed houses, repairs and remodels them, and works with urban families to purchase the homes below market value. Additionally, SAIF helps families to figure out a mortgage financing plan that works for them.
