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Lift to Rise is excited to announce its relocation to a new mid-valley headquarters with further plans in the coming year to create a dedicated community gathering space for collaboration with its network of partners. Located at 75-175 Merle Drive in Palm Desert, the 12,000-sqare-feet campus will provide expanded and flexible workspaces for Lift to…
Six residential development projects representing a total of 803 new affordable homes for the Coachella Valley will go forward with the help of significant tax credits approved Wednesday, a boost for efforts to expand economic opportunities and create more housing residents can afford. The California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, or CDLAC, approved $254 million in…
An article in the latest issue of the well-respected Stanford Social Innovation Review includes Lift to Rise and its We Lift housing catalyst fund among examples of innovative organizations and partnerships that are part of an emerging and overdue paradigm shift in community development finance. “A New Blueprint for Financing Community Development,” by David Fukuzawa,…
Inspiring leaders and organizations working at the local, state, and national levels to increase housing affordability and economic opportunities for everyone will be honored next month at the Second Annual Community Investment Awards presented by Lift to Rise. The event’s theme, “Together we rise. No exceptions,” expresses a fundamental value held by this year’s honorees,…
A petition calling on Coachella Valley leaders to address the stark gap between the region’s high cost of living and the minimum wage has surpassed 1,000 signatures and continues to gain support. The online petition is an opportunity for residents to express their support for all Coachella Valley households to earn enough money to afford…
Lift to Rise and its roughly 75 community partners on Wednesday released their latest plan to increase affordable housing in the Coachella Valley and continue the progress made since 2018 when they began a 10-year push to significantly reduce the number of rent-burdened local households through the production of 10,000 new affordable housing units. The…
With the Coachella Valley’s annual spring music festivals fast approaching, Lift to Rise has launched a billboard campaign to raise support around a living wage for the local workers that make the festivals and other major events a huge success and driver of the valley economy. Two billboards placed along Interstate 10 during April reference…
More than half of Indio residents spend at least a third of their incomes on rent, and for many others housing eats up half of their paycheck INDIO, CA — Indio residents are asking city officials to approve plans for a new housing development that will provide desperately needed affordable apartments in a city where…
Regional planning officials on Nov. 2 awarded $5 million to Lift to Rise to expand its collaborative effort to encourage the construction of new affordable housing in the Coachella Valley. The funding from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) will be added to We Lift: The Coachella Valley’s Housing Catalyst Fund, a pool of…
This month Lift to Rise will recognize key individuals and organizations making meaningful contributions to the collaborative work of increasing housing stability and economic mobility in the Coachella Valley through a new celebratory event: The Community Investment Awards. More than 250 people are expected to attend the inaugural Community Investment Awards, taking place Saturday, Oct.…