2023 YEAR IN REVIEW
This year, we called out challenges and issues, while strengthening our internal and external systems to amplify opportunities and solutions. But we didn’t do it alone.
This year, we called out challenges and issues, while strengthening our internal and external systems to amplify opportunities and solutions. But we didn’t do it alone.
Many people see homelessness as a problem for individuals, however, there are many families struggling to find and maintain housing. Dubbed as hidden homelessness, it is often more challenging to resolve than individual homelessness.
While the idea of homeownership is something Hannah desires, it unfortunately seems out of reach, “I think about trying to buy a house, but I work hourly jobs.” Planning for a home would mean she’d have to drastically alter her other high-priority expenses, such as selling her car or unenrolling from health insurance to cut expenses.
The housing crisis is not a priority in Nashville and that’s what sickens me…but we’re getting new stadiums, bars, upgrades to Broadway, and tall & skinnies.
According to the Metro Nashville Human Relations Commission, nearly 70% of Nashville residents fall into affordable or workforce housing.
Housing discrimination and affordable housing are connected because when people are discriminated against by powerful systems, those same systems continue to perpetuate harm in other ways including education, finance, and healthcare.
Redlining. Urban renewal. Gentrification. Each began decades ago with legislative policy, industry standards, and community practices rooted in racism and discrimination.
Spoiler alert: Housing injustice is deeply rooted in racism and pervasive systems of oppression.
Stand Up Nashville presents, “Home Is Where You Can Afford It: Nashville’s Affordable Housing Crisis”, a thought provoking series on the housing crisis in Music City.
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