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Hispanic Americans Are Chipping Away at a Persisting Homeownership Gap

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in 2020, its highest level ever recorded, but lingering roadblocks still hinder Hispanic Americans on the road to wealth building. The median income of Hispanic households was $56,113 in 2019, according to Insider, a rate nearly 30% lower than the $76,057 median income of white households.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Eleven million people in this country are paying more than half of their income for rent, and these are low-income people,” says Richard Burns, CEO of the NHP Foundation, a national not-for-profit provider of affordable housing. Affordable housing is housing built for people who earn 80% or less of the area median income (AMI).

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other. Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:30. True Homes is Pro Builder 's 2020 Builder of the Year, in large part because of the home builder's purpose-driven company culture, which is yielding truly amazing results. The True Foundation has. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor.

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

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The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. Incentives should also be provided to companies hiring disadvantaged workers for the installation of the solar systems, according to the report.

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Indian Village Escapes Food Scarcity and Unemployment with Agroforestry

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In 2019, Mili set about reviving this forestry practice to augment residents’ income, with the help of the Balipara Foundation, a nonprofit with expertise on income-generation programs for tribal communities. But agroforestry diversifies one’s food options, ensuring food security year round.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Having witnessed income and social class inequities entrenched by corruption on their European mission, and a system in which government officials and business entrepreneurs rarely collaborate to solve civic and social problems, the Ivorys recognized the seeds of similar dynamics in their own backyard. See past Builder of the Year winners.

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True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other

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Wed, 12/02/2020 - 08:40. True Homes is Pro Builder 's 2020 Builder of the Year, in large part because of the home builder's company culture, which is yielding truly amazing results. The True Foundation has. True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor. And it works.