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Want new affordable housing quickly? Try splitting up existing homes

Instead of trying to build new affordable housing, PadSplit is converting existing homes into multiple single-room units.

This healthcare giant invests millions in affordable housing to keep people healthy

Kaiser Permanente realized that investment in housing is an investment in health, and so it’s offering funds to help keep apartment buildings affordable and finding housing for homeless residents.

Giving new life to vacant buildings can boost struggling towns

By helping residents across New York State buy up blighted buildings and turn them into rental units, Neighbors for Neighborhoods aims to bring some new energy to local economies.

New York Is Funding A Community Land Trust To Help Low-Income Residents Buy Homes

Through the innovative housing model, the city’s Interboro CLT will create a pipeline of permanently affordable units from which residents can start to build wealth.

Can Connecting Rent To Income, Not Market Rates, Change The Affordability Of Cities?

Community land trusts–now getting a boost from state funds in New York–have the opportunity to increase affordability in expensive cities and promote development in struggling markets.

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Enterprise Community Partners Bringing Energy-Efficent Homes to the Masses With $4 Billion Project

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Social Enterprises of the Year

These ten organizations comprise our honor roll of 2009 Social Enterprises of the Year. Will all of these ideas work in the long run and on a grand scale? Perhaps not. But they represent the kind of innovative thinking that can transform lives and change our world.

Edward Norton’s $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that’s $9 Billion)

The actor’s “family business” has helped shelter tens of thousands of Americans. Now it is taking on the credit crunch with innovative financing and a green-building initiative.

The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009

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High Point: Seattle’s Gren Community