Homelessness is a Housing Problem
Rabbi Aaron Spiegel Rabbi Aaron Spiegel

Homelessness is a Housing Problem

Sounds like a no-brainer, but in most cases homelessness and housing are seen as separate issues. Changing the homelessness mindset to a housing mindset broadens everything and gets those operating in both, mostly separate arena, working together.

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Time to Stop Pushing Homeownership?
Fran Quigley Fran Quigley

Time to Stop Pushing Homeownership?

A recent article by Jerusalem Desmas in The Atlantic made a bold claim: The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake. Like all of Desmas’ writing on housing (check out her work in The Atlantic and in Vox), the piece is extremely well-reasoned and researched, and definitely worth your time to give it a full read. But is her argument correct?

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Why Indianapolis still doesn't have enough affordable housing
Rabbi Aaron Spiegel Rabbi Aaron Spiegel

Why Indianapolis still doesn't have enough affordable housing

“Housing researchers also said Indianapolis' current model of developing affordable housing through tying financing for private developers to affordability requirements has not been successful in solving the affordable housing crisis.”

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GIMA Joins Indiana OSAH Initiative
Rabbi Aaron Spiegel Rabbi Aaron Spiegel

GIMA Joins Indiana OSAH Initiative

GIMA, along with representatives of Foster Success, Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging, St. Joseph County Community Forum for Economic Justice, CareSource, Grassroots Maternal Child Health Initiative, and the Indiana Justice Project, is part of the inaugural Engagement Team for The Hoosier Housing Needs Coalition’s (HHNC) Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign initiative.

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