Grant makers are backing a variety of solutions to bolster the availability of affordable housing. Foundations that work to solve problems with education, health, and economic opportunity are recognizing that if people don’t have safe, affordable places to live, it’s difficult for them make progress in the rest of their lives.
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Affordable HousingGrant Makers Support Affordable Housing to Further Many Other Causes
Donors and foundations that seek to improve education, health, and economic opportunity are backing solutions to fix the housing crisis. -
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Land Trusts Offer an Innovative Way to Help the Middle Class Afford a Home
The nonprofits offer homes at low rates, but in exchange buyers have to give up some of the equity they would typically build up with a standard mortgage. That allows the trusts to offer homes to more people. -
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To Stem the Housing Crisis, Religious Congregations Are Building Homes
Churches and other religious organizations are developing vacant or underutilized land in their own backyards to meet the need for affordable housing. Nonprofits are helping them navigate the financial and political challenges. -
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Foundations Buoy a New Movement of Renters’ Activism
Instead of focusing mainly on ways to help low- and middle-class people buy affordable housing, grant makers are paying for community organizing and advocacy designed to protect renters. Plus: See the rest of our special report on affordable housing. -
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Mission-Driven Lending Organizations Play a Key Role in Spreading Low-Cost Housing
Investments that foundations and businesses make are put into revolving funds that provide loans, housing down payments, and more. Plus: Read more about what grant makers are doing to boost the availability of affordable housing while addressing health and education.
