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foreclosure crisis
Protecting Vacant Foreclosed Homes and Stabilizing Communities
Challenges Entered:
The economic recession has created a surge in unemployment and foreclosures in Chicago. Mercy Housing Lakefront and The CARA Program have partnered to launch the Cleanslate Property Services social enterprise to create jobs for hard-to-employ individuals working to clean-up, board-up, and maintain vacant homes. We would use the proceeds from the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to research, identify, and pilot the use of mobile devices to upload property inspection data to an online database. Ultimately, this technology will enable us to monitor and protect thousands of homes.
Location
Chicago, IL
United States
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