Sacramento, Calif.-Based Nonprofit Helps Low-Income People Buy Homes.Mitchell, Lesley
Placer County is behind on its affordable housing quota mandated by the state. Part of fixing the problem turned the attention of county planning staff to empty parcels — some zoned as commercial and some zoned as residential or agricultural — to find places to satisfy the need for more l...
Lutheran Social Ministry is a national charity with locations throughout the country. Although the charity aims to help the less fortunate, the primary focus groups include senior citizens, disabled, homeless, immigrants and low income households with children. Available assistance varies by location. ...
How Other Blue States Are Responding In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James said senior staffers plan to meet regularly to coordinate legal strategies. "Our team will do whatever we have to do to identify any possible threats to these rights tha...
We conducted a survey of low-income women at a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinic, to characterize commercial and sport fish consumption patterns and advisory awareness. Ninety-five percent of women consumed commercial fish. Thirty-two percent ...
Because the water board’s latest plan for implementing efficiency standards has such an extended timeline, water will inevitably become even more expensive, including for low-income households and communities. While it is true that investing in efficiency costs money, it is the least expensive and...
Transit Mobility, Jobs Access and Low-Income Labor Participation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Urban Studies, Vol. 41, No. 7, 2004, pp. 1313–1331. Google Scholar, SAGE Journals12. Kain, J. Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization. Quarterly Journal of Economics,...
This study examines the planning for Village Park, a 50-unit, low-income townhouse project in Sacramento, California. The two main goals of the project were to create medium-density housing that incorporates some amenities of single-family residences desired by rental tenants and to balance ...
low-income neighborhoods of SacramentoCalifornia UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIADAVIS Susan L. Handy SeeleyEllenINTRODUCTION: The walkability of urban and suburban neighborhoods can play a significant role in residents' physical activity levels. This study examines the walking conditions found in three ethno-...
This study examines the walking conditions found in three ethno-racially diverse, lower-income suburbs of Sacramento, California, with the purpose of identifying, evaluating and comparing the metrics that influence walkability in each. METHODS: Focus groups were carried out with 3-9 residents from ...