This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Almeda Fire hit southern Oregon on Labor Day weekend just over a year ago, Christy Brooks was on her way home from her daughters’ school after picking up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Oct. 28, President Joe Biden presented his Build Back Better Framework (BBB), a guide for legislative language for several proposals in his $1.75 trillion spending plan. Collectively, the proposal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before we had kids, my husband and I (Tina) lived in a one-bedroom, rent-controlled apartment in Washington, DC. After a few months, our heating bill started to be unreasonably high—much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Comprised of three organizations — Mercy Center, the Fiver Children’s Foundation, and the Qualitas of Life Foundation —as well as Tanya Valle, a mindfulness practitioner, Familia Adelante helps low-income families access services based on goals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Carlos Sanchez-Gonzalez, now 16, grew up in the working-class South Baltimore neighborhood of Curtis Bay. He recalls first experiencing housing insecurity when he was about 9. “My dad thought it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is no doubt that housing and homelessness are issues our country can no longer afford to ignore. Unaffordable rent, barriers to home ownership, and growing homelessness throughout our country…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Secretary Fudge, with support from other members of the Biden-Harris Administration, launched House America: an all hands on deck effort to address the nation’s homelessness crisis. House America calls upon state and local…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impact of domestic violence is not unknown to homeless service providers: research consistently shows that high numbers of people experiencing homelessness have also survived domestic violence. For some it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Arc of the United States was founded seventy years ago by families like mine who wanted their loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities included in every aspect of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Information is power, but only if it comes in a form that makes sense to people, that’s accessible and coherent. Branden DuPont’s mission, in a nutshell, is to turn scattered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The sobering reality is that while Black Americans make up just 12% of the population, they represent 39% of people experiencing homelessness — the largest share for any population. In Los Angeles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homeowners ages 62 and older collectively own $9.2 trillion in home equity wealth. But since the 2008 housing bust, very few have accessed the wealth stored in their home equity—even though many…