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Searching out solutions: Constructive alternatives to the criminalization of homelessness

Published in Tuesday April 10th, 2012

April 10th, 2012 Individuals and families experiencing street homelessness face many barriers on their path to stability. Over and above their housing, physical, and behavioral health needs, many communities implement local measures that criminalize “acts of living” laws that prohibit sleeping, eating, sitting, or panhandling in public spaces, acts which generally are applicable to people […]

Will California act to create more affordable housing?

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In In the media

April 8th, 2012 by Joel John Roberts California’s state leaders are debating whether they should tax homebuyers in order to fund more affordable housing for those who struggle with renting a house, let a lone buying one. It used to be the “American Dream” was to purchase a detached single family home down the street […]

Campaign: are you a tenant in a foreclosed home?

Published in Monday April 9th, 2012 In Social movement news

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty has issued a campaign to monitor violations of the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act. They need your help with their survey.

Tribal members evicted for oil field development

Published in Monday April 2nd, 2012 In In the media

March 31st, 2012 NEW TOWN — Residents of a 45-lot mobile home park in New Town, many among the poorest members of the Three Affiliated Tribes, are being evicted and will be replaced by oil workers. Tribal leaders, who were offered a chance to buy the mobile home park, are working on a solution, but […]

LA homeless housing: Apartment building opens to low-income and homeless individuals

Published in Friday March 30th, 2012 In In the media

March 30th, 2012 Jamie Hill slept on the street for the first time when she was 12 years old. Over the years, she went from sleeping in motels with her mother to foster care, group homes and juvenile hall, Hill told The Huffington Post. Two years ago, at age 24, she moved from Sacramento to […]

United States’ statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]

Baltimore Housing Mobility Program

Published in Wednesday January 11th, 2012

This best practice is an example of a program designed to enhance mobility for disadvantaged families by offering targeted housing vouchers and mobility services to low income families who wish to move from high poverty to low poverty communities in the Baltimore region.

“More than a roof”: documentary shows impacts by the housing and economic crises in USA

Published in Tuesday December 13th, 2011

More Than a Roof is a grassroots documentary following Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, on her first official mission to the United States in 2009.  The film highlights the testimonies of individuals directly impacted by the severe housing and economic crises we are facing in cities and towns across the country. 

More Than a Roof from NESRI on Vimeo.

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Battle for New Orleans, 6 Years After Katrina

Published in Saturday August 27th, 2011 In News

As this weekend’s storm has reminded us, hurricanes can be a threat to U.S. cities on the East Coast as well as the Gulf. But the vast changes that have taken place in New Orleans since Katrina have had little to do with weather, and everything to do with political struggles. Six years after the federal levees failed and 80 percent of the city was flooded, New Orleans has lost 80,000 jobs and 110,000 residents. It is a whiter and wealthier city, with tourist areas well-maintained while communities like the Lower 9th Ward remain devastated. Beyond the statistics, it is still a much-contested city.

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Free webinar: “On the Edge: Improving HPRP Implementation”

Published in Thursday February 3rd, 2011 In News

On Wednesday, February 9, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will host a webinar to discuss topics explored in “On the Edge: How HUD Can Improve the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.” The report offers an in-depth analysis of the program, assessing its effectiveness and making recommendations for future HUD homelessness prevention efforts. It is based on a survey of 121 service providers one year after HPRP funds were made available.

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