This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jake Lilien explains that civil rights testing has found that in spite of laws to prevent discrimination in lending, housing discrimination persists. • Beyond laws, what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By National Alliance to End Homelessness Over the course of the 2017-2018 school year, homeless school liaisons identified 1.5 million children living in doubled up situations due to economic necessity,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Sarah Holder at CityLab reports on a new affordable housing movement launched in the Bay Area by the activist group Moms 4 Housing. · How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Urban Institute take a look at the factor contributing to the current affordable housing crisis, including scarce resources and expensive labor which reduce the amount of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These factors significantly contribute to housing supply and cost issues in the United States. 1. Growth in the total US housing stock has been muted. The nation’s housing stock expanded…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · At the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting this past week, leaders from the West Coast spoke up about the growing homelessness crisis and called for collective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Martin Burrows discusses comprehensive ways that we can understand and create solutions to end homelessness by 2030. • How can we best utilize the skills, knowledge…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Trafficking happens in every state and can occur in any industry such as education, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, restaurants, among others. We also know that labor trafficking is the most common…
Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen reports on the ‘disease of poverty,’ explaining that homelessness is contributing to the spread of Typhus throughout America. · How can funders address this public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner believes the California state homelessness program is not taking into account the role schools play in supporting the student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the years, we’ve seen homelessness philanthropies shift from funding mostly shelters and programs to funding systems-level work. We’ve helped our member funders think through systems change by challenging them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) showed a 2.7 increase in homelessness over 2018, spurring more urgency in…