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An article in Cityscape, “Estimating the Prevalence of Eviction in the United States: New Data from the 2017 American Housing Survey,” examines key findings from the 2017 American Housing Survey (AHS) regarding forced displacement, how these results differ from other sources, and why the AHS might…
Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) on July 28 introduced the “Unhoused Bill of Rights,” a federal resolution calling on Congress to end the homelessness crisis by 2025. The resolution urges the federal government to declare the homelessness crisis a life-threatening public health emergency and…
The Urban Institute and partners at The Evaluation Center at the University of Colorado Denver tracked implementation of the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative (Denver SIB) in a new report, “Housing First Breaks the Homelessness-Jail Cycle.” The 5-year randomized controlled…
A new paper in Housing Policy Debate, “Preventing Evictions after Disasters: The Role of Landlord-Tenant Law,” examines how landlord-tenant laws in four states affected eviction rates following natural disasters. In states with laws and policies that generally favor landlords, eviction rates…