This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s renters are facing a bleak winter. As of early November, 9 million of them were behind on their rent. Remaining COVID-19 unemployment insurance programs expire on December 26, while the Centers for Disease…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Believe it or not, indoor plumbing was slow to catch on. When it was introduced in the 1800s, the modern flush toilet or “water closet” seemed like a newfangled home feature,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nation’s senior population is in desperate need of more affordable housing, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately plagued senior communities. With this need expected to increase alongside aging populations, some developers are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This spring, the organization I lead was busy working to fulfill our mission: serving Oregon’s Latino and other low-income communities with programs providing affordable housing, community economic development and educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nation is experiencing a major housing shortage coupled with a crisis of housing affordability. “New housing supply is not keeping pace with rising demand,” warns Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s…
In this episode of CaseyCast, Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Lisa Hamilton interviews impact investor Ben Hecht, who has served as the president and CEO of Living Cities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The analysis of 17 years of field work with 1,200 low-income households in five different cities shows urgent crises force low-income families to choose the safest, most convenient locations necessary…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2019, about 567,715 homeless people were living in the United States. While this number had been steadily decreasing since 2007, in the past two years it has started to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A national survey of 1,444 McKinney-Vento education liaisons in 49 states shows a 28% drop in the identification of homeless students compared to fall 2019, amounting to an estimated 420,000 fewer children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coupling the effects of this pandemic on people already experiencing the crisis of homelessness, service providers in our field are now faced with even more insurmountable challenges. There is no…
America is experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Even before the pandemic, in no state, metropolitan area, or county in the U.S. could a worker earning the federal or prevailing state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every person has the right to a safe, affordable place to call home, yet an estimated 21,577 individuals in Washington State experience homelessness on any given day. This number has…