December 2022 Minutes
Homeless Coalition- Dec 2022 Minutes
Unsheltered: Eric Tars On The Human Right To Housing
With Eric Tars as its legal director, the National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) has served as a kind of legal conscience for the nation, hyper focused on a mission of using the law to, according to its website, “transform fundamentally the landscape of homelessness and poverty in this country.” Founded in 1989, the nonprofit has…
This doctor wants to prescribe a cure for homelessness
A prescription more powerful than pills… Read what one doctor says is the most important prescription for ending homelessness: This doctor wants to prescribe a cure for homelessness : Planet Money : NPR
First batch of Idaho-funded housing projects awarded
A thousand income-restricted housing units are coming to multiple corners of Idaho after the Idaho Legislature approved $50 million in federal relief funds last year: First batch of Idaho-funded housing projects awarded, set to build 1,000 units statewide (boisedev.com)
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Protect Renters and Promote Rental Affordability
Jan. 25, 2023 Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions to increase fairness in the rental market and further principles of fair housing. These actions align with a new Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights that the Administration is also releasing today. The Blueprint lays out a set of principles to drive action by…
HUD ANNOUNCES PROPOSED FAIR HOUSING RULE; NLIHC RELEASES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT
HUD announced plans to publish a proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule “imminently.” The proposed rule would help communities meet a more than five-decade old requirement to actively address systemic racism and segregation, which have often resulted from specific federal policies. READ MORE HERE
The Relationship Between Poverty and Homelessness Among Older Adults
January is National Poverty Awareness Month. Learn why older Americans living in poverty are at increased risk of becoming homeless: The Relationship Between Poverty and Homelessness Among Older Adults – National Alliance to End Homelessness
HOMELESSNESS IN BOISE: A GROWING POPULATION FACING A GROWING COST
Read what BSU students wrote about homelessness in Boise. The Homeless Coalition and Corpus Christi House are quoted in this article in The Arbiter: Homelessness in Boise: A growing population facing a growing cost – The Arbiter (arbiteronline.com)
What Does the New AHAR Report Tells Us About Family Homelessness?
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?
EMPLOYED AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS: WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW
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…