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Cities Unprepared to Help Those in Need

A new report says that U.S. cities are lacking in preparation (and in funds) for providing food and shelter for those in need.
19 December 2011 - 6:00am
Governing Magazine

The YIMBY Tool Kit

...or, how to say "Yes, in my backyard!" to new development proposals. A new guide developed by the Pivot Legal Society in Vancouver is intended to provide guidance for communities that actually want hard-to-place projects.
25 September 2011 - 9:00am
The Globe and Mail

Innovative Homeless Shelter Reduces Overburdened Jail Population

Lee County, Florida saw a 30% increase in its homeless population. A new shelter system that addresses mental health and addiction problems is helping keep homeless out of jail and on the right track.
15 September 2011 - 10:00am
Governing Magazine

Reinventing the Homeless Shelter

The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center in Dallas has saved the city an estimated $3 million in jail time and homeless management. Architecture gets some of the credit.
9 August 2011 - 7:00am
Next American City

Amount of Families in Shelters Increases

The number of families in homeless shelters increased by 7% in 2009, according to a new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
20 June 2010 - 11:00am
USA Today

The Solution for Homelessness? Homes.

Neal Peirce says that there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in the debate over homelessness, and a consensus that stopgaps don't work. The real answer is to, duh, give them homes.
6 November 2009 - 2:00pm
Citiwire.net
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Vancouver Seeks to Avoid Tragedy, Make Shelters More Practical

Homeless people may avoid seeking help or services because there is a lack of space secure their belongings in shelters. The death of a homeless woman in Vancouver last winter highlights the severity of the problem.
4 November 2009 - 8:00am
The Globe and Mail

Homeless Shelters Go Unregulated

In Louisville, Kentucky, urban planning professor John Gilderbloom decries the lack of regulations on homeless shelters in the area.
17 August 2009 - 6:00am
Courier-Journal

To Cite or To Site: Competing Ideologies for Addressing Homelessness

To fight homelessness, some cities provide services, some build housing, and some arrest people. Often it's a combination of the three, but now many critics are calling on officials to de-emphasize the law enforcement element. Los Angeles is Ground Zero.
17 August 2009 - 5:00am
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Don't Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor?

New studies rank cities based on the extent to which they "criminalize homelessness."
20 July 2009 - 11:00am
NPR

Homelessness is On the Rise in Rural and Suburban Areas

Homelessness has jumped in the nation's suburban areas, according to a study from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Of those in U.S. shelters, 32% are in rural or suburban areas.
9 July 2009 - 2:00pm
USA Today

Vancouver Neighborhoods "Completely Changed" by Homeless Shelters

Gary Mason describes how Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson's policy of rapid expansion of homeless shelters -- including two in residential areas -- has "completely changed" those neighborhoods.
26 June 2009 - 11:00am
The Globe and Mail

Economic Troubles for Low-Income Families ... and the Services They Depend On

This piece from Color Lines looks at how the economic downturn is affecting low-income populations, and how social services are having trouble keeping up with an increasing demand for help.
18 May 2009 - 10:00am
Color Lines

Working Families Charged Rent to Live in New York Shelters

Families who have income will now be charged a small rent to stay in public housing shelters in New York City, part of a 1997 state law that had up until now gone unenforced.
12 May 2009 - 6:00am
The New York Times
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