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Santa Cruz County affordable housing solutions explored
Sociology faculty members Steve McKay and Miriam Greenberg, co-directors of the No Place Like Home initiative, were cited in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the recent affordable-housing forum at the Civic Auditorium.
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Housing crisis breeds opportunity
Faculty members Miriam Greenberg and Steve McKay of Sociology coauthored an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the local housing crisis and their No Place Like Home community-engaged research initiative.
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What’s Really Driving Santa Cruz’s Affordable Housing Crunch
Sociology's Steve McKay and Miriam Greenberg were featured in a Good Times article about No Place Like Home, their ongoing study of the Santa Cruz housing crisis.
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UCSC hosts free public forum Oct. 22 on the Santa Cruz housing crisis
Six UC Santa Cruz scholars will discuss rent control and other proposals to address the Santa Cruz housing crisis during a free public forum on Monday, October 22, in the Kresge Town Hall.
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Housing crisis impacting city and county employees, survey reveals
Those who work for and serve the city and county of Santa Cruz are being impacted by the housing crisis, according to researchers who surveyed nearly 500 people.
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South County housing crisis to be discussed May 2
University researchers and community leaders will host a public forum about the affordable housing crisis on Wednesday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Watsonville Civic Center.
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Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project to honor 14 heroes
The Santa Cruz Sentinel announced that Steve McKay, associate professor of sociology, is being honored as a "community hero" by the Community Assessment Project; CAP recognized his work on the local housing crisis and a major survey that captured the experiences of renters.
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Santa Cruz County survey finds 27 percent living three in a room
The Santa Cruz Sentinel is among the news outlets covering the "No Place Like Home" project led by Sociology faculty members Steve McKay and Miriam Greenberg; student researchers surveyed more than 1,700 renters in Santa Cruz County.
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Migration, climate, housing among the topics featured during fifth annual UC Santa Cruz Research Frontiers Evening Oct. 26
Six UC Santa Cruz researchers who are tackling “key issues of the 21st century” will be featured during the fifth annual Division of Social Sciences Research Frontiers Evening on October 26.
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Nearly 70 percent experience “rent burden” in Santa Cruz County, according to UC Santa Cruz survey results
Nearly 70 percent of renters surveyed in Santa Cruz County experience “rent burden,” defined as spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, according to preliminary results of a survey of 1,700 renters across the county conducted by UC Santa Cruz.
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Community gathers to strengthen public dialogue about Santa Cruz’s housing crises
New research by UC Santa Cruz sociology professors Miriam Greenberg and Steve McKay highlights housing issues
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Student research project looks at affordable housing crisis in Santa Cruz
A UC Santa Cruz multi-media research project on the affordable housing crisis in Santa Cruz is scheduled to be presented to the public 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz.