Edged Out: Location Efficient Housing and Low Income Households in the Portland RegionTransportation costs are typically a household's second largest expense after housing. Low income households are especially burdened by transportation costs, with low income households spending up to two times as much...
coordinated care and improved access to health and social services.Cedar Sinai Park鈥攁 nonprofit residential care organization located in Portland, Oregon鈥攚ill implement a demonstration project attempting to connect low-income adults living in affordable and public housing with health and social ...
Through a case study of a community orchard in an affordable housing neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, we examine how the involvement of an outside nonprofit organization can transform the very notion—and composition—of community. We illustrate how the internal structures and day-to-day practices...
Housing is responsible for 22 % of the industry's energy demand and 17 % of the related CO2eq emissions. In Europe, an estimated 97 % of the building stock is not efficient enough to comply with the Paris Agreement. To limit carbon emissions, Europe is leading the way in terms of ...
as they continually say one thing whilst doing the complete opposite. We are faced with crises in every sphere of the services that we need including education, social care, prisons, mental health services, housing, zero hours contracts and the health service. All are being undermined and destro...
for enrolling in college full-time and maintaining a minimum GPA in colleges. Grantees such as YouthBuild and the National Employment Youth Coalition will work in San Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, Columbus, and other U.S. cities to help low-income young adults get on a pathway to ...
aHowever, microfinance is defined as the provision of financial services to low-income clients, including consumers and the self- employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services (Gonzalez-Vega, 2008). Microfinance is a place for the poor and near poor clients to get ...
Wanting bikes for you and your family and having a bike budget do not always go hand-in-hand. If that's your situation, you definitely want to check out an amazing opportunity to acquire bicycles in excellent condition. And while the emphasis is on kids, adults will be able to benefit ...
Portland's central heartbeat is in Old Port, the city's robust downtown, with maintained old building facades, cobblestone streets, and numerous breweries, restaurants, and shops. Art enthusiasts can enjoy annual memberships to the Portland Museum of Art and residents enjoy unrivaled access tonum...
Deep-rooted racial residential segregation and housing discrimination have given rise to housing disparities among low-income Black young adults in the US. Most studies have focused on single dimensions of housing instability, and thus provide a partial