The Skyline: How Two Cities Leveraged Financial Empowerment as Connective Tissue for Housing Success

The Skyline is the CFE Fund's regular newsletter curating insights from the people, policies, and programs financially stabilizing cities.

Overview

By connecting financial empowerment to rental assistance programs, two cities supercharged social service success and brought together a range of partners to build a cohesive ecosystem around longer-term financial stability. Read the full issue here.

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