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LOUISIANA APPLESEED'S ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM UNLOCKS AND SECURES ACCESS TO WEALTH BUILDING STRATEGIES IN LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
Louisiana Appleseed's Access to Opportunity Program unlocks and secures access to wealth-building strategies in low-income and communities of color. Financial security through homeownership has become the fulcrum for economic survival before and after disasters. Following multiple major hurricanes and flooding, Louisiana Appleseed and its volunteers enabled a quicker, easier, and less expensive way to clear title for homeowners, resulting in cumulative economic benefits of $1 BM in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas alone. Homeownership is an anchor in disaster law, and the financial opportunity it presents to heirs can be felt over generations. Through estate planning solutions and effective policies that preserve low-income wealth, Appleseed believes that opportunity is an economy that works for everyone through equitable, collaborative solution-building.
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation, Alabama Appleseed, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Catholic Charities, Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge, Entergy Charitable Foundation, First American Title, Ford Foundation, Georgia Appleseed, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Hispanic Apostolate, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Louisiana Association of Volunteers Active After Disasters, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Louisiana Bar Foundation, Louisiana Budget Project, Louisiana Community and Technical College System, Louisiana Language Access Coalition, Louisiana State Bar Association, Loyola Law School Clinic, LSU Law Center, Ourso Foundation, Pro Bono Project, Propeller Nola, Puentes New Orleans, Southeast Louisiana Alliance for Economic Inclusion, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation, South Carolina Appleseed, Southern University Law Center, Stanley Ray Trust, Texas Appleseed, Unitarian
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MR. & MRS. THEO WATSON
Louisiana Appleseed worked with legislators to streamline the title transfer process for hundreds of Louisiana residents. The Watsons are just one of many families who were able to secure ownership and gain clear title to a family home.
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