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Money moves for longevity is focus of NEXT AGE episode 3

LaTonya Turner

June 26, 2025

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Do you want to live to 100 or longer?  It’s possible and could be commonplace within the next couple of decades. The new longevity requires serious money moves to have financial security for a long lifespan.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: affordable housing, aging, longevity, NEXT AGE, personal finance

Nashville’s in-depth affordable housing strategy is ready for public review

Char Daston

April 30, 2025

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The mayor’s plan is meant to address Nashville’s rapidly rising housing prices and rents, which are burdensome for low- and even middle-income residents.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Freddie O'Connell, Housing, Nashville mayor, Unified Housing Strategy

In My Place, Episode 10: The Connection

Mary Mancini

February 25, 2025

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Today, we kick off the second season of In My Place by exploring what happens when providers first approach people who experience homelessness.

Filed Under: In My Place, Programs Tagged With: affordable housing, Colby's Army, Housing, In My Place, The Contributor

What it’s like when an entire Nashville apartment community must move

Tasha A.F. Lemley

February 7, 2025

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Residents of Berkshire Place Apartments in East Nashville are finally moving — years after they were first told their units would need to be vacated — to relocate to the newly built Birchstone Village in Madison.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, East Nashville, Madison, Subsidized housing

Nashville will build tiny homes for unhoused residents after a three-year debate about fire safety

Char Daston

October 28, 2024

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Unhoused Nashvillians will soon have a new housing option provided by the city: Pallet Shelters. These are tiny homes that are easy to assemble and look a bit like Monopoly houses.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing

Nashville’s churches — and their land holdings — could boost affordable housing. Here’s how Metro wants to help.

Cynthia Abrams

September 26, 2024

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The role of churches, and the land they own, are an increasing focus of Nashville’s efforts to improve housing affordability. Federal funding will help Metro take a coordinating role.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Barnes Housing Trust Fund, church, Housing, Metro Government, United Methodist Church

Metro opens first permanent housing option, with on-site addiction treatment and mental health services

Cynthia Abrams

July 19, 2024

Until now, much of the city’s approach to homelessness has been about short-term support, like emergency weather shelters or temporary transitional housing.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Charlie Strobel, homelessness, Homelessness Planning Council, Housing, Metro Government, Nashville housing

Struggling to find housing? Personal experiences will inform Metro’s newest affordability strategy

Cynthia Abrams

July 9, 2024

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Right now, Nashville does not have a “unified housing strategy.” While there are a number of existing reports and plans, there’s not a singular roadmap for Nashville’s affordable housing goals. But, with a new effort underway from Metro’s Housing Division, that’s about to change.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing

Nashville wins $5M for affordable housing through competitive federal program

Cynthia Abrams

June 27, 2024

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Nashville has been awarded $5 million in funding from the federal government to help remove barriers to building affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Barnes Housing Trust Fund, federal funding, Housing, low-income housing, Nashville housing

Nashvillians across the political spectrum approve of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Fewer of them know about his specific projects.

Cynthia Abrams

April 4, 2024

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Just six months after taking office, Mayor Freddie O’Connell is seeing high approval from Nashvillians across the political aisle. That’s according to the latest Vanderbilt Poll about city subjects.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Bristol Motor Speedway, crime, East Bank, East Bank Development, Education, Fairgrounds racetrack, Freddie O'Connell, growth and development, Nashville Fairgrounds, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Poll

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