The City of Tucson recently won a million urban forestry grant from U S Department of Agriculture which will accelerate the initiatives in the Tucson Million Trees program The grant will allow the program to grow more green spaces invest in youth workforce development and support equitable distribution of the trees in the city...
The new Western Environmental Science Technical Assistance Center for Environmental Justice West EJ Center has been featured in nbsp Arizona Daily Star nbsp EPA has awarded million to run the West EJ Center under Principal Investigator Dr Paloma Beamer at nbsp the University of Arizona College of Public Health As one of the center...
亚利桑那州土桑市 (Tucson, AZ) – 根据美国住房和城市发展部 (HUD) 的《公平住房倡议计划》 (FHIP)，索诺拉环境研究所有限公司（Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc.，以下简称为“SERI”）获得了125,000 美元的拨款，用于打击图桑大都市地区的住房歧视现象。联邦政府的《公平住房法》保护人们在住房方面免受基于种族、国籍、肤色、宗教、性别、家庭状况和残疾的歧视。这些是受联邦政府保护的七个类别。住房歧视现象仍然存在，特别是在租赁、房地产销售、贷款和房主保险交易等方面。住房歧视影响到许多家庭，特别是那些生活在贫困中的家庭，他们最容易在住房方面受到不公平待遇。
Tucson AZ SERI has been awarded K to fight housing discrimination in the Tucson Metropolitan Area under the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Fair Housing Initiatives Program FHIP The federal Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination in housing on the basis of race national origin color religion sex familial...
SERI has recently received extra funding from the Bureau of Reclamation WaterSmart Drought Response Program to make rainwater harvesting more affordable and accessible to Tucson s low-income community Through our existing Limited-Income Rainwater Harvesting Loan Grant Program this new grant will give qualifying households an extra to cover the costs of installing a -gallon...
We received a K environmental justice grant from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study rainfall in different areas of Tucson and compare it with NASA satellite data Have you ever wondered how many inches of rain falls on your property in one year Are you in the study area see colored...
SERI has been awarded a grant from the National Fair Housing Alliance s NFHA Inclusive Communities Fund Grant program to help people access equitable housing opportunities and promote stable healthy viable communities These funds were made available as part of last year s historic settlement with Fannie Mae that provided million to promote homeownership...
We ended on a terrific note The saguaro research of Dr Theresa Foley of SERI and her colleagues is listed on USGS s top incredible stories about Earth s ecosystems in The team used the world s largest selfie stick to document a unique flowering pattern they found in the iconic saguaro cacti They...
Over the past years Tucson has been in a drought and the need for water management is critical Through our partnership with Tucson Water we have been able to support sustainable and equitable water management by providing limited-income families the opportunity to participate in rainwater harvesting on their property through grants and loans We...
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