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Homelessness
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Housing Vouchers Most Effective Tool to End Family Homelessness: Major Study
This is the first rigorous, large-scale evaluation of alternative strategies to reduce homelessness among families with children.
Feds Favor Private Over Public Housing Investment, Leaving Millions Out in Cold
“Affordable” housing is not within reach for the poorest.
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Los Angeles Is (Almost) Halfway to Ending Homelessness for Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs settled a lawsuit brought by 10 homeless veterans in LA.
Five Reasons Why San Francisco Needs to Use Public Lands for Public Benefit, Not Luxury Housing
The most important public policy priority for San Francisco is to reserve its surplus land for affordable housing.
Five Reasons Why San Francisco Must Not Give Up Public Land for Market-Rate Development
A city plan to use public land for market-rate, rather than fully affordable housing, just doesn't make economic sense.
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Homeless Children in a Golden City
So one must ask: Why do we allow homeless children on our City's streets, yet provide tax breaks to corporations so that they may find office housing?
Houselessness, Mutual Aid and Protecting One Another in Harsh Weather
This is where we are as a society - a black woman dying of a terrible illness is faced with death on a cold sidewalk, or death in a …
New York City Activists Mobilize for Right to Counsel in Eviction
New York City may become the first to provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction.
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“Some Sort of Hell”: How One of the Wealthiest Cities in the United States Treats Its Homeless
The city refuses to provide affordable housing, yet won't tolerate people living outdoors.
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Homeless People: Do You Just “Walk On By”?
Chances are, you too walk by them on the way to the office or when running errands.