This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author examines the ways climate change can affect vulnerable communities and the health of individuals. Flooding, food access, and housing destruction top the list of issues…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Detroiters Helping Each Other (DHEO) is a community-based organization that works together to support each other to supplement for lack of city services. • How can public or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Travis Lupick describes how Liz Evans pioneered the “housing first” approach to homelessness when she turned an old hotel into a living space for the homeless, often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • J. Brian Charles reports that a housing advocacy group in Portland wants to move to a model of community-led urban design to avoid the harms of gentrification. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In America, a majority of responses to homelessness usually serve to manage the problem rather than attempting to end it. Funders Together to End Homelessness discusses the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although numbers show that it’s on a decline, there is still a large number of Americans experiencing homelessness on any night. This is because the overall…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen discusses the increasing amount of struggles the homeless face in England during the hot summer and provides a few ways everyone can help. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Steve Berg describes the trends that will dominate NOFA for Continuum of Care funding for 2018. • What can homelessness funders learn from this? How will these trends play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Gale explains how Seattle used data to reform the city’s homelessness efforts, a project that is still in progress. • What can other cities learn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses how nonprofit Solutions Change and the Department of Housing and Urban Development disagree on the approach to tackle homelessness which hinders progress in actually…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As the homelessness crisis in Seattle continues to get scrutinized, an app called Find It, Fix It is leading to the displacement of many people in poverty,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Doug Irving discusses a recent study by the RAND Corporation that shows how Los Angeles has improved life for the most vulnerable people and saved taxpayers millions of…