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Heather Vaikona

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Mama of Christian, Elijah and 'Ana • Founder/CEO, Lift to Rise • Trustee, Palm Springs Art Museum • Opinions my own • Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument. ♥️

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1/2 We’re proud to see our region’s collaborative work on the @latimes.com front pg🧡 With 70+ partners, we’ve grown from building 38 affordable homes a year to 9,300+ in the pipeline across the Coachella Valley. 🏡
Thanks to Riverside County, WHCHC, Senators Steve Padilla, Rosilicie Ochoa Bough, and

19.05.2025 23:52 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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1/2 No matter the highs or the lows, our region continues to build a path forward. We stand committed to do whatever it takes to make the Coachella Valley an affordable and beautiful place for everyone who calls it home.

Our coalition is building thousands of new affordable homes.

04.04.2025 18:25 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Where to Build and How to Pay for It: Experts Weigh In - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

The US faces a huge shortage of affordable homes— but the land, funds, and knowledge to address it exist! We need to continue working together to build more housing everyone can afford. 🏠💜 www.lincolninst.edu/publications...

19.03.2025 18:39 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is a great opportunity to let Riverside County know that we NEED more affordable housing! 🏡 Take 10 minutes to fill out the survey and help shape our community 🫶🏽

19.03.2025 19:14 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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We're part of a coalition urging our representatives in Congress to work with their colleagues and the Trump administration to stop proposed cuts to federal funding that would harm residents’ health and access to affordable housing. Find out more and read our letter at lifttorise.org/news

06.03.2025 19:34 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue crowned Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga champions – video The team dedicated their performance to Sir Robert Gillies, the last surviving member of the Maori Battalion during WWII

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue crowned Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga champions – video

02.03.2025 08:39 👍 112 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 2

Cuts to affordable housing, essential community services, and programs for low-income residents would harm Riverside County. We’re calling on @repraulruizmd.bsky.social ,
@alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social,
@adamschiff.com, to keep this vital funding!

26.02.2025 18:03 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Tell Congress 1) They must maintain federal funding for affordable housing and community programs that help people in Riverside County thrive. 2) Funds for the HOME, CDBG, and ESG programs help communities pay for basic needs like housing, & health services & support seniors, children, & families.

26.02.2025 17:58 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

We believe:
🏡 A safe, stable home is the foundation of health, opportunity, and a thriving future.

🧡 Everyone deserves a place to call home, no matter who they are.

🤝🏽 Affordable housing options grow and rent costs drop when we unite across sectors and communities to increase housing production.

20.02.2025 20:47 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Opinion: The problem with JD Vance's theology of mass deportation On immigrants, the vice president may have missed what St. Ignatius tells us: 'God is always greater.' In this case, greater than an ordered, hierarchical notion of love.

“Rather than depletion, we find fullness among the easily despised and readily left out. Our wholeness increases when we accompany the demonized and the disposable, so that the demonizing ends..”
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

20.02.2025 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Consultant Adam Fowler noted that while Palm Springs has strong brand recognition and robust airport infrastructure, rising housing costs create obstacles for service workers and young professionals"

17.02.2025 13:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A New Blueprint for Financing Community Development (SSIR) The traditional model of community development finance is limited by market conservatism and a focus on scale, rather than local control. We need a new paradigm that prioritizes impact over scale, emp...

The dual elements of this new perspective are that *systems change matters as much as scale* and that *community voice is critical to effective community development.*

26.11.2024 14:55 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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01.02.2025 02:01 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0