If you’re a renter in Idaho, you’re less protected from fees than if you leased a storage unit. In some cases, people have to pay $500 dollars for being one day late on rent. State Senator Ali Rabe wants to change that. Listen to a March 6 interview between Senator Ali Rabe and journalist Emma…
Do you have questions about affordable housing? Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition publishes the Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy to educate advocates of all kinds about the programs and policies that make housing affordable to low-income people across America. All of us can effectively advocate for housing programs with our…
A ruthless effort to criminalize homelessness while attacking best practices like Housing First is gaining traction in state legislatures across the country. Several states have already enacted bills along these lines, including Texas, Tennessee, and Missouri. Other states like Arizona and Georgia managed to fend off bad legislation last year, but new proposals are being…
“A sweep has a cost that day and can have longer-term cost in terms of [eliminating] whatever stability the people living in the encampments were able to attain,” said one homelessness policy expert. READ MORE: Homeless encampment sweeps costly and of limited long-term effectiveness, according to federal research | Smart Cities Dive
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…
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
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)
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 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
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