This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Conversation reports on a project through the Melbourne-based Barnett Foundation to provide a viable pathway to home ownership for those who previously relied on social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to data from Advocates for Children of New York, the number of homeless students in NYC surpassed 100,000 for the third year in a row. • What can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author shares reflections from the 2018 Funders Institute on best practices and strategies regarding homelessness preventions tactics, including the importance of good data systems. • One of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mekong Homes is a social enterprise that provides houses for Cambodians living in rural areas. This model addresses issues of affordable housing, sanitation and hygiene, and sustainable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TED-Ed reports on an in-school design and builders program at a charter school in Berkeley, in which students are asked to create tiny homes, chicken coops…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Humble Design is a nonprofit organization in Detroit that uses human-centered design to build houses for recently homeless individuals. • How does Humble Design’s approach make housing a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Quarterly discusses how the consequences of poverty, racism and other social inequities have an outsized impact on health — and whether health systems can enact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In 2017, Britain declared homelessness a national crisis after finding that more than 9,000 young people drifting from sofa to sofa, with no real permanent place to call home. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, our partners at Schoolhouse Washington released a comprehensive report on the academic outcomes of students experiencing homelessness in Washington state. While this report verifies the immense challenges that homeless students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Teresa Wiltz explains how Dallas is working to reverse housing segregation by focusing on funding for affordable housing and subsidies in a variety of neighborhoods. • Is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports that Boise, ID, along with other cities in the U.S., are passing laws that make sure homeless people aren’t punished for sleeping outside…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP) identifies a program called Pathways to Housing PA that has shown measurable success in helping chronically homeless people in…