Articles that explore segments of the population often with unique needs and/or higher risks of housing instability. These include rural communities, low income households, veterans, minorities and women. This category also includes articles related to fair housing, including accessibility, discrminiation and interventions such as AFFH.
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Both Hispanics and blacks voted at record high rates in the 2008 presidential election. However, non-Hispanic whites still had the highest voting rates (66%), as was the case in 2004 (67.2%). While overall voter turnout in 2008 did not change significantly from 2004, increases were reported in…
Homelessness among the elderly will likely increase by 33% over the next 10 years, and more than double over the next 40 years, according to a recent projection released by the Homelessness Research Institute. This projection is part of a paper examining the impact that elderly homeless will have…
Approximately 131,230 veterans were homeless at a point in time in 2008, a new report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) finds. This means that for every 10,000 veterans, 58 are homeless, a rate that is more than double that of the general population.
The new…
The disproportionate impact of the current credit crisis on people of color is the result of structural inequities “deeply embedded into the rules, the histories, and the cultural currents of this country.” That is the overarching theme of a new report on the labor market and…