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St. Paul Village, A Legacy of Aid to Low-Income Retirees

St. Paul Village, A Legacy of Aid to Low-Income Retirees

In 1971, four members of the St. Paul Lutheran Church out of Madisonville, Ohio led an effort to purchase about ten acres of nearby land and build a community for nearby low-income retirees. Built in the late 1970s as Section 236 housing, St. Paul Village provided...
Windsor Manor East Goes from Fire to Refuge

Windsor Manor East Goes from Fire to Refuge

It was 1:11 a.m. on May 11, 2014 when a call went out to 911. A woman in Union County, Ohio’s Windsor Manor East building, alerted the emergency personnel that her couch was on fire. It quickly grew, becoming a four-alarm fire that completely ruined the three-story...
Wyandanch Rises as a Walkable Home and Transport Hub

Wyandanch Rises as a Walkable Home and Transport Hub

Wyandanch, a rail-centered Long Island hamlet in the Town of Babylon, New York, was struggling for a number of years. The area faced a number of social issues, having suffered from elevated crime and poverty rates that were not impacting other nearby neighborhoods in...
Permanent Housing Helps Stabilize Lives at Brettler Family Place

Permanent Housing Helps Stabilize Lives at Brettler Family Place

“This is the beginning of something great for me,” said Joyce, as she headed into Brettler Family Place in 2011 to see her new apartment for the first time. Before moving in, she had lived out of her car. Now, she was stepping into a third floor apartment with great...