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Two photos side by side. On the left, three bricks made from recycled rubble. On the right, a shipping container trailer houses a mill adorned with Australian and Ukrainian flags
Housing

Innovative machine recycles rubble into bricks to build homes for displaced Ukrainians

A single machine can make up to 8,000 bricks per day.
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Left to right: three screenshots from a TikTok video. On the left, a man in a backwards baseball cap and Rose City Grill t-shirt looks surprised. In the second panel, he hugs a young woman, his daughter. In the third panel, he looks stunned again as a man offers him $50,000 in cash.
Food

Small business tipped $50,000 in cash after owner donates 1,000 shawarmas to families in need

Tiktoker Zachery Dereniowski often goes viral for his random acts of kindness and his heartwarming exchange with Rose City Grill is no different.
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A street-view mockup of a 3D-printed neighborhood in Austin, Texas
Housing

First-of-its-kind 3D-printed neighborhood gives 100 homes to 'chronically' homeless

The homes will be part of Austin, Texas’s Community First! Village. When completed, the neighborhood will be home to an estimated 1,800 people.
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A teal shipping container home
Housing

Bespoke shipping container homes built for homeless veterans: 'Adequate, abundant, sustainable'

Mākhers Studio, a woman- and veteran-run business, turns shipping containers into housing solutions.
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A row of red and white tiny houses along Chandler Boulevard in Los Angeles, California
Housing

Architects transform 'oddly-shaped' parking lot into colorful tiny home village for homeless

The “non-institutional” design has set the standard for other tiny home developments.
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On the left: multiple rows of white tiny houses underneath an overhang. On the right: A middle-aged Black woman and an older white man with a beard stand together beaming ear to ear with the tiny homes behind them.
Housing

Yes, tiny homes for the homeless actually work — and a new study shows they're more effective than group shelters

The Portland State University study successfully proves that tiny home communities are an effective way to help unhoused people get off the streets — for good.
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Three book covers side-by-side: The Language of Kindness, The Kindness Method, and Be Kind
Good Recommendations

5 books about kindness that inspire compassion and empathy

This short list of books — spanning memoirs, biographies, and self-help journals — inspires empathy and compassion.
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Two photos side by side. On the left, Alex Trebek stands on the set of "Jeopardy!" wearing a suit and glasses. On the right, a cove of sleeping quarters inside the Trebek Center homeless shelter in Los Angeles
Housing

LA roller rink transformed into homeless shelter, thanks to beloved 'Jeopardy!' host

The late game show host donated $500,000 toward the renovation of a unique homeless shelter in Los Angeles.
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A bird's eye view of a tiny home community underneath a cross section of two freeway overpasses.
Housing

Barren land under freeway overpass transformed into 50-unit 'foldable' tiny home neighborhood

Before freezing temperatures hit Utah this past winter, a crucial microshelter was put in place to house 50 people experiencing homelessness.
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A blue OnMed CareStation sits inside of a public space
Health

High-tech 'healthcare phone booth' provides street-side care to homeless people in need

OnMed CareStations are a hybrid approach to healthcare for people in homeless and rural communities.
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