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California’s Homekey Program: Unlocking Housing Opportunities for People Experiencing Homelessness (2022)
“Homekey’s investments eclipse other sources of capital funding for housing directed at people experiencing homelessness, and importantly, Homekey’s grants for acquisition are an impactful way to deploy state funds. Not only does this approach reduce the complexity and costs of providing new affordable housing, research also suggests that communities that make more investments in building PSH show steeper declines in chronic homelessness over time.”
The State of the Nation’s Housing (2020)
“[T]he nation’s failure to live up to its long-stated goal of a decent home in a suitable environment for all has never been clearer— particularly in the lack of affordable rental housing and unequal access to homeownership. Today’s crisis conditions call for a comprehensive re-envisioning of national housing policy.”
Homeless Populations are Surging in California. Here’s Why.
“Our housing crisis is our homeless crisis. And we’ve got to get people to understand that.”
Affordable Housing Wins at the Ballot Box in 2018.
“Yesterday proved that housing is a winning campaign issue - one that voters increasingly understand and show up to vote for.”
California Considers Bill to Speed New Housing for the Homeless.
“In Santa Clara County — where voters recently approved nearly $1 billion in bonds for affordable housing, much of it for the homeless — the Project Welcome Home initiative in March reported an 83 percent reduction in the use of crisis services among those who had been in stable housing for six months or longer.”
Big Tech Isn’t the Problem with Homelessness. It’s All of Us.
“Everyone who works on homelessness agrees on the way to fix the problem. Build more homes.
Not coincidentally, more places for people to live would help alleviate all sorts of other problems, from climate change to income inequality. But the kinds of housing California needs are not the kinds that get built.”
Exploring the Link Between Housing and Health
“Over half of poor households pay more than half their income for rent,” she said. “That leaves very little for everything else. People can't get healthy food, they can't access health care as readily, they're stressed, and all those result in poor health.”
Supportive Housing for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles Saves Money During First Year
“[T]he study found that for every $1 invested in the housing and support program,
Los Angeles County government saved $1.20 in health care and other social service costs.”
Why Are So Many People on West Coast Streets
“Some assume that homelessness is so common on the West Coast because people move here when they become homeless, but data do not support this.”
The Number of Homeless People in America Increased for the First Time in 7 Years.
“Fueling this year’s rise in homelessness is California, which had 134,278 homeless people in 2017,
more than any other state and 25 percent of the nation’s total.”