This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the most recent Point-in-Time data analyzed in The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition, 2016 began a trend in the number of individual adults experiencing homelessness, rising annually from that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Southern California Grantmakers detail root causes, risk factors, and philanthropic opportunities related to the homelessness crisis in California. • The data used to draw these conclusions are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Race, ethnicity, and homelessness are thoroughly intertwined. This conclusion has been leaping out of data reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in recent years, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The authors address the problems with gathering accurate data about the mortgage market and the state of credit posed by COVID-19 and why this information is important…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition adds new features that help providers, communities, and the press better understand the nature of homelessness and service systems going into the COVID-19 health and economic…
In 2017, New Profit, John Legend’s FREEAMERICA, and Bank of America teamed up to take on this challenge and launch Unlocked Futures, an accelerator program with two key areas of focus:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jerry Jones, at National Alliance to End Homelessness, writes about the importance of effective advocacy in serving the homeless population through coronavirus. • How can the private…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An article at the Rand Corporation provides suggestions to assist renters who face dismal prospects as coronavirus threatens mass evictions. • How essential is housing in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mary K. Cunningham and Abby Boshart at Urban Institute discuss that in order to put an end to rent strikes, federal policymakers could respond by providing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Urban Institute explains that low-paying, temporary, and unstable jobs are increasing, but they do not provide job security nor lift working Americans out of poverty. · In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joanna Prisco reports that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals officially ruled that feeding the homeless is a protected right in America. • An organization called Food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristi Schulenberg urges people to begin planning to implement the CARES Act to protect people struggling from homelessness. • What are the benefits of the CARES act?…