Author name: Michel Degive

Congress Unites on Historic Housing Bill After Decades of Division

The ROAD to Housing Act Could Increase Affordable Housing Nationwide — But Key Gaps Risk Leaving Vulnerable Individuals Behind If one thing has been consistent in Congress since Trump took office, it is the partisanship in our country. The Senate and the House have been as divided as ever. Republicans have ignored warning calls from […]

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Eviction on Repeat: Why Voucher Cuts Push Families Back Into Homelessness

The Unraveling of the Emergency Housing Voucher Program Reveals How Decades of Neglect and Budget Cuts Set Families Up to Fail—Again From lifesaving relief to looming eviction, the unraveling of the Emergency Housing Voucher program reveals the fragile promise of stability for families fleeing homelessness and domestic violence, just as new federal budget plans threaten

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Houston’s 24/7 Ban on Homelessness Revives America’s Ugly Laws

A New ‘Civility Ordinance’ Makes Swaths of Houston Permanently Off Limits to Homeless People—Pushing Poverty Out of Sight, Not Out of Existence Houston’s dystopian-sounding “civility ordinance” has been extended so that several areas of downtown are now off limits to homeless people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ordinance now bans sitting,

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Trump Wants to Institutionalize Unhoused People. History Shows That Doesn’t Work.

Trump’s New Executive Order Revives Failed Policies of Institutionalization, Ignoring the Proven Solution: Housing First Service providers and advocates warn that the Trump administration has created a dangerous new way for America to respond to homelessness. In late July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” The

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$20 Billion Spent. Two People Housed. How the California Homeless Crackdown Failed

New Report Shows California Spent Billions Criminalizing Homelessness While Leaving Tens of Thousands Still on the Streets California isn’t tough on homelessness. It’s tough on homeless people. A new report highlighted by PBS shows that of the 52,000 unsheltered people recently evicted from encampments in California, only two were housed. This is to the tune

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From Hobos to Gig Workers: The Labor Force America Loves to Exploit

An Interview with Dr. Owen Clayton Uncovers How Homeless Workers Helped Build America and How We Still Profit from Their Precarity Have you ever wondered what urban American cityscapes would look like in the present day if homeless transient workers from the past weren’t part of the picture? We recently delved deep into that discussion

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The Hidden Toll of Housing Insecurity on Black Mothers and Babies

New Research Shows How Housing Discrimination and Chronic Stress Are Putting Lives at Risk Before Birth What if your baby’s life chances were shaped not just by your health, but by your zip code—and your landlord? That’s the reality uncovered in new research from Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Professor of Epidemiology at The Ohio State University.

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Trump Deploys Troops to Clear Homeless Encampments in D.C.

Federal Agents Destroy Encampments in D.C. as Trump Signals Plans to Expand Sweeps to Cities Nationwide Advocates are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s actions to clear homeless encampments from the nation’s capital. On Monday, Trump issued a statement on Truth Social where he threatened people who are homeless in Washington, D.C., that they need

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