Listing of Articles focusing on evictions, foreclosures, relocations/displacement & homelessness.
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Housing Instability & Homelessness Resources
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “The Impact of Homeless Prevention on Residential Instability: Evidence from the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program,” found that the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) is associated with short-term reductions in homelessness…
A report from Zillow Research, Homelessness Rises More Quickly Where Rent Exceeds a Third of Income, examines the relationship between rent affordability and homelessness. The report finds that communities where the median rent is more than 32% of the median household income are likely to have…
In the report titled Rapid Re-housing’s Role in Responding to Homelessness, the Urban Institute reviews literature on the effectiveness of rapid re-housing. A short-term, crisis-response program, rapid re-housing has proven to be a low-cost intervention that allows homeless families to quickly…
A report by the Seattle Women’s Commission and the Housing Justice Project of the King County Bar Association, Losing Home: The Human Cost of Eviction in Seattle, investigates the policies, demographics, and impacts surrounding evictions in Seattle. Through its analysis of court documents and…