This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To address what was the sixth-largest homeless population in the country, Houston adopted what’s called a housing-first strategy. The method prioritizes providing permanent housing to homeless individuals as quickly as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. National data about the prevalence of homelessness among older adults, including by race, gender, and other demographic characteristics, are needed to sound the alarm and galvanize a national response to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Too often, national funders look at national problems and think the solutions must be in Washington, DC. Well, we know that’s not always the case. Usually, new solutions are imagined,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Housing cost burdens are unequally distributed by race, with Black and Latino households two to three times more likely to pay outsized shares of their income toward housing. Significant racial…
In this guest blog, Cazenove Capital outline what charities with investments need to be thinking about right now. Opinions are the author’s own. Charities will be an undisputable source of…
Women living in high-cost rental areas are more likely to suffer hemorrhage, heart failure, and other life-threatening outcomes during labor and delivery, new research in New Jersey shows. Researchers found…
Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast in November 2022: Several houses, and even swimming pools, were left dangling over the ocean as waves eroded the earth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2017, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), a funder collaborative that believes a stable, affordable home is the foundation for health, opportunity, and justice, has directed about a third of its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In today’s housing market—nearly everywhere across the country—it is hard to find rental or for-sale housing that is affordable to working families. The price of homes has jumped by more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a veteran who has experienced homelessness, I’ve seen how well this works firsthand. I was provided housing assistance – even though I had no current employment, and had budgeting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After 10 years of living in a tent, William finally had a home. During that time, organizations in Fremont County, Colorado, had each tried to help William, but in November…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the summer of 2012, Fernando Assad and two colleagues began navigating the maze of squat, tin- roofed structures that make up one of São Paulo’s largest favelas for weekly…