This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vaccines are an important tool to protect people experiencing homelessness from COVID-19, but public health and homeless assistance systems face substantial barriers to reaching this group. Although many people enduring…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of senior households—those headed by someone age 65 or older—will explode over the next 20 years, increasing from 34 million to 48 million between 2020 and 2040. Although the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research has consistently shown a strong link between incarceration and homelessness. Our 2018 report found that formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public. Other national data shows…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even under normal circumstances, service providers struggle to meet the needs of children and families experiencing homelessness. And, these are far from normal times. Millions of families are now at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Seattle area has the country’s third largest concentration of citizens like Lovey, experiencing homelessness, and the city has become the centre of the US’s battle against the spread of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The policies that helped financially struggling Americans stay in their homes and keep access to water and electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped reduce the spread of the virus,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who are unable to make their rent or mortgage payments sleep less than their peers who don’t have such problems, and those who are forced to move because of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Survivors of domestic violence face mounting precarity as the COVID-19 and eviction crises collide and create fractures in community and household stability. Disasters and emergencies increase frequency and severity of abuse, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EBPREC) is a people-of-color-led multi-stakeholder co-operative that supports Black, brown, and allied communities to cooperatively organize, finance, co-steward, and long-term asset manage land and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racism is fundamental to the United States’ inception: our founding as a nation and economy depended on it. Chattel slavery and the genocide of Indigenous people supplied the labor and…
Housing was once the most common way most families built wealth in America, but today, it is a primary driver of financial insecurity for millions of people. Before COVID-19, over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a disaster strikes, relief can’t come soon enough for affected families. Immediate aid is generally provided by first responders, who are soon followed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the…