Sustainability Networks Research
Networks as Drivers of Sustainable Development
This group is a collection of resources and discussions on the role of networks in the sustainability movement. This group is for anyone with a passion for sustainability innovation/thought leadership, sustainable academic/business/NGO neworks, and who are excited about where this field is headed in the near future. If you're interested in networks in the fi ...learn more
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Updated: Nov 18, 2009
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# Preserve or produce 2,000 quality, affordable homes.
# Invest at least $20 million from a new Enterprise preservation loan fund.
# Work with partners to ensure continued full funding of the city’s Housing Production Trust Fund.
# Commit $65 million in loans and equity to help neighborhood nonprofit increase affordable housing production.
# Develop initiatives to demonstrate the critical linkage between housing and resident services at two affordable housing developments in D.C., Meridian Manor and N Street Village.
* More than 35 percent of families with children live in poverty—putting children at risk of chronic hunger, stunted growth and academic failure.
* More than 6,100 people are homeless or in shelters on any given night.
* Nearly two-thirds of families with incomes of less than $35,000 pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing.
* A person earning the $6.60 hourly minimum wage would have to work 20 hours a day, seven days a week, to afford the typical monthly rent of $1,187 for a two-bedroom apartment.
* The combined waiting list for public housing and rental assistance exceeds 45,000 individuals and families.
# Invest at least $20 million from a new Enterprise preservation loan fund.
# Work with partners to ensure continued full funding of the city’s Housing Production Trust Fund.
# Commit $65 million in loans and equity to help neighborhood nonprofit increase affordable housing production.
# Develop initiatives to demonstrate the critical linkage between housing and resident services at two affordable housing developments in D.C., Meridian Manor and N Street Village.
* More than 35 percent of families with children live in poverty—putting children at risk of chronic hunger, stunted growth and academic failure.
* More than 6,100 people are homeless or in shelters on any given night.
* Nearly two-thirds of families with incomes of less than $35,000 pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing.
* A person earning the $6.60 hourly minimum wage would have to work 20 hours a day, seven days a week, to afford the typical monthly rent of $1,187 for a two-bedroom apartment.
* The combined waiting list for public housing and rental assistance exceeds 45,000 individuals and families.