The City of Boise and Our Path Home are partnering with CATCH, Corpus Christi and Interfaith Sanctuary to provide an afternoon of warmth, food, hot drinks, and music for the unhoused community. There will be a giveaway of new and lightly used winter gear, as well as a $5 gift card for unhoused folks who take…
Join the Idaho Asset Building Network’s annual Housing Advocacy Day at the Capitol! Event by Idaho Asset Building Network Date: January 31, 2023 Time: 8:00am-5:00pm (MT) Location: Idaho State Capitol Building Housing advocates from across the state will gather together at Idaho’s State Capitol to speak with lawmakers about how Idahoans are being impacted by rapidly…
2nd Faith Leaders Housing Symposium: January 12th, 10am – 12pm at Discovery Church Boise, 1177 N. Roosevelt St., Boise. This event will host conversations on affordable housing and creative housing solutions and introduce a new resource for those who seek to help with the housing crisis in Boise. RSVP at Faith Leaders Housing Symposium |…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 1 for 2022 on December 19. What Did We Learn from the 2022 PIT About Family Homelessness?
Have you ever heard the idea that people experiencing homelessness “don’t want to work” or they should “just get a job?” The truth is that many do – in fact, a 2021 study from the University of Chicago estimates that 53% of people living in homeless shelters and 40% of unsheltered people were employed, either full or…
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Due to a sweep on the morning of November 9th at Cooper Court, around 20 – 30 unhoused members of our community no longer have items that are essential for survival in below freezing weather. There is an urgent need to replace tents, sleeping bags and blankets that were removed from Cooper Court. If you…
Salt Lake City’s city council voted in favor of a project to build a small community of tiny homes for people experiencing chronic homelessness, in a project that organizers hope could be a model for other cities. Should we try this in Idaho? Salt Lake City’s city council approved a village for the chronically homeless :…
GREAT NEWS! Preliminary results of the nation-wide 2022 Point-in-Time Count show an 11% decline in veteran homelessness since early 2020! According to NAEH, the key best practice guiding this reduction has been the Housing First model. Research consistently shows that this approach yields better service outcomes, is more cost effective, and helps people stay in…
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, elderly people with medical needs started showing up at homeless shelters across the Treasure Valley in record-breaking numbers. The combination of rising rents at once-affordable apartments and the closure of two dozen assisted living facilities catering to low-income Idahoans fuels the problem. This BoiseDev article describes the extent…