Listing of Articles focusing on evictions, foreclosures, relocations/displacement & homelessness.
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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…
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a field hearing on August 25 to discuss “Overcrowded Housing and the Impacts on American Indian and Alaska Natives.” Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) represented the committee at the hearing, which was held in the Native Village of Savoonga, AK. Witnesses…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) added new data on its website regarding the state of homelessness in America. Nationwide, 553,742 people experienced homelessness on a given night in January 2017, representing a 0.7% increase from 2016 but a 14.4% decline from 2007. Of the homeless…