National News
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Blessed with booming economy, ND sees homelessness grow as job seekers arrive unprepared
Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2010
Gov. Corzine signs bill to help ex-offenders readjust to life outside prison
NJ.com, January 18, 2010
Cold snap 'horrifying' for homeless
USAToday, January 6, 2010
Raleigh News & Observer, January 6, 2010
Rochester City Newspaper, January 6, 2010
Ailing homeless people have few places to turn
Ventura County Star, January 3, 2010
NPR, December 26, 2009
Without outreach, homeless may be more helpless
Columbus Dispatch, November 22, 2009
Giving homeless a foot in the door
San Diego Union-Tribune, November 20, 2009
Service providers take issue with census of L.A. homeless
LA Times, November 12, 2009
Worcester Telegram,
November 10, 2009
Homelessness led to author's 'Happyness'
Lexington Herald-Leader,
November 10, 2009
Jacksonville Journal-Courier,
November 10, 2009
Ocala Star-Banner, November 10, 2009
Homelessness in America: Finally, Glimmers of Light
citiwire.net, November 8, 2009
National Runaway Prevention Month
Various sources, November 2009
November is National Runaway Prevention Month. Learn more about the challenges they face to survive.
Mattie Lord, State Homeless Coordinator, shares the following information about video clips from the New York Times which portray an urgent need for community, state, and national action around the growing issue of homeless youth.
This clip features a teen who is struggling to stay in school, despite horrific living conditions as an unaccompanied homeless youth.
This clip describes the need to resort to sexual exploitation as a means of surviving as a runaway youth.
The New York Times (NYT) is making a DVD of the videos, and hard copies of the articles are available FOR FREE to those who wish to use the materials for education and professional development. The only stipulation is that the materials cannot be edited or altered in any way.
To receive the package from the NYT, please email my friend and colleague, Barbara Duffield, at bduffield@naehcy.org. She has a direct relationship with the reporter and will forward your request. Please include your (1) mailing address and (2) a couple sentences explaining how you plan to use the materials.
Information on National Runaway Prevention Month is available here.
VA unveils strategy to end homelessness among veterans
Stars and Stripes, November 4, 2009
Statement: Iris Lav, Senior Advisor, on Defeat
of "TABOR" Initiatives In Maine and Washington
CBPP, November 4, 2009
HUD Releases Second Homelessness Pulse Report
HUD, October 21, 2009
On Wednesday, October 21, HUD posted the second quarterly Homelessness Pulse Project Report on the Homelessness Resource Exchange. HUD is partnering with nine Continuums of Care (CoCs) across the country to collect more timely data on sheltered homelessness. The First Quarterly report was released in July and included information from point-in-time counts in March. The Second Quarterly report examines point-in-time counts reported in late June and compares them to the March point-in-time counts. The report also presents data collected on new clients in the participating CoCs between March and June and reports some qualitative observations from the CoCs.
Across all nine participating CoCs, the total number of sheltered persons in families increased by 2 percent, while the total number of sheltered individuals decreased by 3 percent. Between April 1 and June 30, the CoCs reported a total of 27,632 new clients in emergency shelters and transitional housing. The information in the report is broken down by specific CoCs, as well as by several demographic characteristics.
Running in the Shadows
For Runaways, Sex Buys Survival
New York Times, October 27, 2009
Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters
New York Times, October 19, 2009
D.C. Vows to Shelter Homeless Despite Budget
The Washington Post, October 15, 2009
2009 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count: A Summary Report
Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority, October 9, 2009
A Formula for Decline: Lessons from Colorado for States Considering TABOR
CBPP, October 9, 2009
New Media Campaign: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans
National Alliance to End Homelessness, October, 2009
The Alliance invites you to collaborate with us on the national media release of Data Update: Vital Mission - Ending Homelessness Among Veterans. The brief, which will be released on November 10 - one day before Veterans' Day - details changes in homelessness among veterans since 2005. The update will also highlight federal programs available and policy changes needed to prevent and end homelessness among veterans.
The release of this brief is a key opportunity to better inform local and national reporters - and through them, our local and national communities - about key policy proposals and your local efforts to address this critical issue. The Administration has already vowed to end homelessness among veterans in five years, and there are several legislative proposals in Congress to support that commitment.
By working together, we can generate enough media coverage to push policymakers to protect and honor those who served our country. The campaign is designed to help us ensure that all veterans have access to stable housing and the necessary supports to avoid homelessness. Please take part in this critical campaign!
The Huffington Post, October 5, 2009
15 Homeless People Get Apartments Next Month
The Washington Post, September 29, 2009
U.S. seeing more female homeless veterans
CNN, September 25, 2009
Housing homeless alcoholics works for Seattle
Anchorage Daily News, September 16, 2009
Stimulus Keeping 6 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2009, Estimates Show
CBPP, September 9, 2009
Taking the homeless beyond homeless shelters
The Christian Science Monitor, September 7, 2009
Invitation to Homeless Veterans Summit
US Department of Veterans Affairs, August 28, 2009
Excerpt from USICH 8/28 e-newsletter:
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs invites community providers to Homeless Veterans Summit November 3-5 in Washington, DC to promote research findings, innovative thinking, and partnership to achieve the goal of ending veteran homelessness in five years
"We are going to take (the) 131,000 homeless Veterans off the streets over the next five years . . . To do this well, we will have to attack the entire downward spiral that ends in homelessness-we must offer education, jobs, treat depression, fight substance abuse, and offer safe housing. We have to do it all-no missed opportunities in going from 131,000 to zero and keeping it there . . ." -- VA Secretary Shinseki
As the VA moves forward to make ending Veteran homelessness a reality, continuing to both identify and test innovative strategies and strengthen the partnership with community service providers which has led to an estimated 33% decrease in Veteran street homelessness over the last three years will be key. The VA is inviting community providers to a Homeless Veterans Summit: Ending Homelessness among Veterans in Five Years November 3-5 in Washington, DC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
Are you a community provider with information to share on research studies, emerging best practices, or clinical demonstrations that are producing results in preventing and ending homelessness? The VA wants to hear from you! Summit opportunities are available for oral and workshop presentations and posters.
One page abstracts are due by September 11 and applicants will be notified of acceptance by September 25. Abstracts based on research projects should include a research design and outcome data. Priority will be given to original research that has not been presented elsewhere and to clinical projects and emerging best practices that have at least one year of outcome data, involve multiple sites, and/or demonstrate a change in practice. Workshop abstracts should include concrete examples, "how - to" steps, lessons learned, handouts, and a list of the discussants and their locations and agencies. Poster projects are research, clinical or educational projects including those that are in progress or represent small pilots.
All high quality proposals will be considered. Topics of particular interest include: Homeless Prevention, Incarceration Diversion/Community Reentry, Outreach to special populations, HUD-VASH, Grant and Per Diem, Homelessness and Residential Treatment, Transitional Housing, Vocational Rehabilitation, Homelessness and Substance Abuse, Homelessness and Women, OEF/OIF Veterans and Homelessness, Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness, Homelessness and Medical Issues, Promoting Continuity Among the Homeless Continuum of Care, Rural Homelessness, Community Collaboration, and Homelessness and Families.
Abstract Application Form and Instruction Page
Do Homeless People Have Rights?
The Huffington Post, August 21, 2009
Local Leaders Address Homelessness
NPR, August 17, 2009
Arizona News
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A needed increase in taxes won't hurt Arizona's economy
Arizona Daily Star, February 9, 2010
Donations sought for homeless vets
Arizona Republic, November 12, 2009
Daily Wildcat, November 10, 2009
Phoenix drops from top 10 in foreclosures
Phoenix Business Journal,
October 28, 2009
Charging for emergency, transitional shelter
can keep people down, advocates maintain
Arizona Daily Star, November 2, 2009
Shelter for homeless kids sees demand grow amid recession
Arizona Daily Star, October 19, 2009
Funds for new shelter drying up
Arizona Daily Sun, October 18, 2009
Coronado Hotel for sale
Arizona Daily Star, October 14, 2009
Residents, many elderly and disabled, given year's notice to find new housing
The historical Coronado Hotel Apartments, a source of low-income housing downtown for many elderly and disabled, is for sale.
Situated on the edge of the newly renovated Fourth Avenue underpass, the Coronado Hotel Apartments has provided low-income housing since 1991 after the Downtown Development Corp. bought and renovated the building at 402 E. Ninth St. The three-story property has 42 units and is listed for $670,000. Grubb & Ellis is handling the listing.
Residents, many of whom have lived there for years with the help of federal rent subsidies, will have a year to find new homes.
Glenn Lyons, CEO of the Downtown Tucson Partnership, which manages the Downtown Development Corp., said it was time to sell.
"The Downtown Development Corp. owns the building, and they were pretty much a break-even operation," Lyons said. "There is not enough money in that operation to finance doing major improvements to the building."
Lyons said he could envision the property being renovated to mixed-use office space or perhaps again serving as a hotel with a cafe. Perhaps the new owner will continue to provide affordable housing to low-income elderly people, he said.
Once a sale goes through, the Downtown Development Corp. will put the proceeds toward small infill projects, although Lyons couldn't say what those would be.
"What exactly they are, we are not sure yet," Lyons said.
A random survey of a handful of residents at the Coronado Hotel Apartments Tuesday morning found that nobody wanted to move.
The old hotel is not perfect, the residents said. It can be noisy, particularly when people honk horns going through the Fourth Avenue underpass. There can be vandalism during events such as the street fair. And more security would be nice. But the residents like the location and the close community.
"We're going to have to go," said Teresa Arroyo, who has lived there for nearly three years. "I don't think anyone really wants to go. I like the location. We're close to the bus station. We're close to Primavera," a shelter and social-service center.
Lyons said he was sympathetic to the residents, but he thought the year lead time would allow them to find new homes, particularly in a weak rental market with plenty of space available.
But to City Councilman Steve Leal, who has often spoken about the need for affordable housing, forcing the residents of the apartments to move is unconscionable.
"Some people just see resources as an opportunity for their own agenda," Leal said. "They shouldn't have to move. It shouldn't be sold."
Leal said he doubted all of the residents could find new homes, and he noted the Coronado Hotel was renovated through federal grants and tax credits specifically for affordable housing. Those tax credits required the Downtown Development Corp. to manage the housing project for 15 years, Star archives show.
"Turning low-income people's lives upside down to provide investment money for real estate speculators, well, the partnership should find it someplace else," Leal said. "This is wrong. This is not what Tucson is supposed to be about."
Leal then questioned whether this was an attempt to move low-income people out of the downtown area, particularly after the renovation of the Fourth Avenue underpass.
"For some people, redevelopment means physically improving it. For other people, it means getting rid of people," he said.
Lyons said that characterization is off-base.
It was never the Downtown Development Corp.'s plan to manage the housing project indefinitely, he said, and he maintains that the one-year lead time, coupled with housing vouchers to help with the move, ensures that residents will have quality housing.
"He is wrong," Lyons said, adding, "I was pleased when I heard that there was a voucher system and 12 months' notice. It gives people plenty of time."
DID YOU KNOW
The Coronado Hotel was built in 1928 and was listed on the National Registry of historic Places in 1982. It was restored in 1991 by the Downtown Development Corp., which bought the hotel at the very end of 1989 for $150,000.
Source: Star archives.
AZ poverty rose twice as fast as US average
azstarnet.comN, September 29, 2009
Arizona family descends into homelessness
The Arizona Republic, September 28, 2009
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