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Private Equity Firms Increasingly Control Mobile Home Parks Nationwide — Hiking Rents, Cutting Services, and Trapping Low-Income Residents As private equity investors and real estate speculators greedily fanned the flames of the increasing commodification of one of life’s most basic necessities, shelter, their focus remained largely on traditional homes and apartments. While housing became increasingly […]

Cash Assistance and Tailored Support Help NYC’s Homeless Youth Stay Housed, Save Money, and Build Stability In the U.S., many parents provide financial assistance to their adult children, primarily to help with rent. Collectively, parents spend about $500 billion a year helping their adult children, a privilege that can translate into better health, educational opportunities,

A Federal Court Says Trump Administration Changes Could Force Thousands Into Homelessness A federal judge in Rhode Island temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from overhauling nearly $4 billion in homeless services funding on Friday. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island issued an oral order granting a preliminary injunction against the administration’s last-minute

How a Charter Network Achieved an 89% Graduation Rate, Outperforming the National Average by 21% The Learn4Life public charter school network is reporting an 89% graduation rate this year for homeless students across its 80+ schools. Compared to the national average of a 68% graduation rate for homeless students, that’s a significant improvement. It’s even

As Homelessness Hits Record Levels and Rhetoric Grows Harsher, We Honor Lives Cut Short and Demand Change Today is National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day (HPMD), the longest night of the year — a night when communities across the U.S. gather with candles, name lists, and collective grief to honor neighbors who died without a home.

As Family Homelessness Skyrockets, Elected Officials Say No to $9M in Shelter Funding, Revealing Impossible Choices U.S. Cities Now Face As cities across the U.S. grapple with rising rates of family homelessness, one city’s debate over providing additional funds to support more shelters highlights the struggles other communities face. Elected officials in Denver rejected a

Stripping Housing Funds and Adding Barriers Won’t Move People into Stability. It Only Builds a Dead-end System Designed to Fail. The Trump administration is turning homeless services upside down. By rescinding funding for programs that work and forcing others to put up arbitrary barriers to entry, this administration is putting thousands of people at risk

From LA to Chicago to New York, Life-Saving Housing Programs Could Vanish Overnight Under Administration’s New Restrictions Advocates are worried that a series of changes to the nation’s largest funding source for homeless services could cause hundreds of thousands of people to become homeless. President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed significant revisions to the Department

Rising Youth Unemployment, Stalled Household Formation, and a Brutal Housing Market Create a Crisis Young Adults Can’t Outrun Growing unemployment among young adults is compounding the housing challenges many face and increasing the likelihood that they will experience housing instability, according to a new report. The unemployment rate among young adults aged 16 to 24

Court Challenges, Political Chaos, and Nationwide Confusion Leave Providers Unsure How to Keep People Housed The Department of Housing and Urban Development withdrew its most recent Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Continuum of Care grant program on December 9, which included changes to homeless services funding that advocates had said presented as a