As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives
to housing are supporting communities left behind.
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Supportive housing combines subsidies with wraparound social services to help people stay off the streets. But demand far outstrips supply in Philadelphia.
The low-income homebuyers who obtained these homes were deprived of the financial security they were promised. They’re now eligible for at least $25,000 in reimbursements for repairs.
It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.
So much went wrong with the homes built by the Make It Right Foundation that its low-income homebuyers were deprived of the financial security they were promised.
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