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Sonya Acosta is a Policy Analyst with the Housing Policy team. Prior to coming to the Center, she worked on disaster recovery, Native housing, appropriations, and benefits cuts at the National Low Income Housing Coalition. She also worked at several fair housing organizations in the Chicago area and completed two terms of AmeriCorps service.
Acosta holds a B.A in history and international studies from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
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By Anson Mareus
Apr 12, 2021 9:00 PM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) It’s staggering. Over 1100 school-age children in Sioux Falls experience homelessness during the school year. Sioux Falls Thrive’s Housing Action Team, or HAT, is charged with cutting that number in half. Since its inception, HAT has promoted a series of innovations that have expanded housing opportunities and improved access to housing information.
Members of the 15-person team represent all sectors of the community and include volunteer leaders, property owners, and representatives from government, nonprofit, and faith-based entities. One-third of the team turns over every two years, said Candy Hanson, Thrive’s Community Collaboration Director.
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Amid a global pandemic, Black millennials led a boom in African American homeownership in 2020.
But racial disparities in wealth, education, employment, and homeownership still persist for Black Americans.
Homeownership is going to be a challenge for all millennials, but mostly for Black millennials, an expert told Insider.
During a pandemic that hit Black communities hard, millennial buyers represented the bulk of African Americans home purchases in 2020.
Black adults between the ages of 26 and 39 sparked a nationwide rise in the homeownership rate for African Americans, CNN Business reported.
According to a November report released by the National Association of Realtors, 5% of home buyers during the first three quarters of 2020 were Black, compared to 4% in 2019. Despite a 1% increase, US Census data shows Black millennials raised the homeownership rate for African Americans more than two percentage points
Hillside Crossing, phase two of ambitious revitalization effort, nears finish in Schenectady
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1of14Buy PhotoA new apartment complex is being constructed on Craig Street at Albany on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of14Buy PhotoThe Hillside Crossing, a 54-unit mid-rise apartment building on Albany Street, is under construction on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
4of14Buy PhotoThe Hillside Crossing, a 54-unit mid-rise apartment building on Albany Street, is under construction on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less