This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Using job listing and applicant data collected in 2015 by Snagajob, researchers cross-referenced available jobs posted in 16 metro areas with the number of applicants who lived within a “reasonable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The cost of higher education in the United States is a major barrier to entry, especially for racial and ethnic minorities and for students who are the first generation in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Emergency and transitional housing programs for families serve more young children than any other age group. In 2017, across the U.S., about half of all children and adolescents staying in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homeless advocates warn the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a rise in housing instability for students, especially once eviction moratoriums lift. If so, more students would be eligible for federal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The integral role that schools play in the lives of students experiencing homelessness and the many challenges they face have never been clearer as the threat of coronavirus continues to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Housing and food insecurity are two persistent realities in the lives of children that often go hand in hand. For the close to 1.4 million students who experience homelessness across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles is grappling with one of the nation’s most severe housing shortages, especially at the lower end of the market. Among all US metropolitan areas, Los Angeles had the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although people commonly think of homelessness as an urban phenomenon, data … indicates that nearly 75,000 people experiencing homelessness were in Balances of State or Statewide Continuums of Care, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2020 and 2040, the number of senior households (those headed by someone age 65 or older) will explode. And during this period, we project the senior homeownership rate will drop from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve witnessed the dangerous coalescing of domestic violence and homelessness — both of which were problems before the pandemic but have become more urgent since the arrival of the virus.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. FESSLER: Any day now, they’re moving into a new two-bedroom apartment in northeast Seattle. She shows me a picture on her phone of a red brick building – old Navy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the United States, interest has grown in two-generation approaches as a strategy for lifting families out of poverty. These approaches vary in the combination of services they offer and…