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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Special Populations & Fair Housing Resources

New Study Highlights the Unique Needs of Homeless Older Adults

Shelter Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness in Los Angeles County, released a strategic plan that included the first-ever comprehensive study of the older homeless population in Los Angeles, and provided specific policy recommendations on how to address the unique needs of…

Studies: Perhaps Half of Non-elderly Households with Worst Case Needs Disabled

In a supplemental report released the week of February 25, HUD reports that the number of disabled non-elderly renter households with worst case housing needs in 2005 was 1.1 million, more than double its original estimate in its Affordable Housing Needs 2005 report. The higher number is the…