Opinion: Memphis housing crisis grows
Rachel Starks
Rachel Starks is grant and communications manager at United Housing Inc., where she oversees more than $3 million in awarded grants. She received her master’s degree in applied anthropology from the University of Memphis, with a focus in energy burden, environmental justice and community development.
The development of a local funding stream through the Memphis Affordable Housing Trust Fund would create the only flexible, permanent and dedicated fiscal resource for nonprofit developers in the city.
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