GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Shelterforce Magazine

Shelterforce Magzine describes the potential crisis looming in affordable housing as a large number of mortgages subsidized by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are set to expire in the next few years. Without action by government and tenants, many owners could choose to convert their units to market-rate, which would decrease the already small pool of  affordable housing available. Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants is profiled in the article for its work organizing tenants living in HUD housing.

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Featuring Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants, a grantee of the Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation.

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Large scale infrastructure projects throughout the world typically discourage public input in the development process.  EarthRights International’s field schools in Burma, the Mekong, and the Amazon train citizens to challenge this norm. 

I Want to Eat Fish.  I Cannot Eat Electricity,  features writings from EarthRights Mekong School graduates that take an in-depth look at how citizens are advocating for more equitable development in the Mekong region.

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GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Huffington Post

Interim President of Population Action International, Suzanne Ehlers, discusses why we are off track in meeting the Millennium Development Goal of improving maternal mortality.

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Featuring Population Action International, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation.