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The Naugatuck Valley Project grew out of factory closures and layoffs in the 1980s. But this interfaith and labor coalition also helped to not only found but sustain a group of affordable housing cooperatives in suburban Connecticut. Jill Webb reports.

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This Multi-Issue Interfaith Organizing Group Has Supported Six Housing Co-ops for Decades

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This Multi-Issue Interfaith Organizing Group Has Supported Six Housing Co-ops for Decades

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