Source: Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, Summer 2010
The opinion brief suggests that the aggressive rehousing policies for New York City’s homeless families during the Bloomberg Administration do not work for all homeless families and therefore have destabilized the shelter system by pushing an increasing percentage of families through a revolving door and back into shelter—at great cost to the City.
Tags: Boomerang Homeless Families, Homelessness
Source: Brattleboro Reformer, July 23
By Howard Weiss-Tisman
“BRATTLEBORO — When Congress created the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, or PATH, program in 1990, small states like Vermont were awarded funding based on a formula that helped them compete with states with larger populations.
The formula is based on the urban population of a state, compared to the urban population of the whole nation. [More ...]
Tags: Federal Funding, Homelessness, PATH, Vermont, Welch
Source: Rutland Herald, June 30
By Holly Ramer
“CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire could eliminate homelessness among veterans in four years with a plan that emphasizes moving beyond housing to focus on other support services, according to report released Monday. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, New Hampshire, Veterans
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, June 29
A new fact sheet published by the Alliance entitled What is “Sustainable” Housing Cost Burden? Implications for HPRP shows that high housing cost burdens are common among those living in poverty. In fact, more than half of households living in poverty pay more than 50 percent of their income toward housing costs. This finding has significant implications for providers of homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing services. Some providers have chosen to screen out potential recipients because of concerns about future cost burden, but analysis shows that, even with high cost burdens, households in poverty can avoid homelessness. The analysis concludes that these households should be served with prevention and rapid re-housing resources even if it may result in them continuing to have a high housing cost burden in the future.
Tags: Cost burden, Homelessness, Sustainable Housing
On June 16, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. According to the fifth annual report, levels of homelessness in the United States stayed essentially the same between 2008 and 2009. Data showed a ten percent reduction among people experiencing chronic homelessness, but a rise in the number of families seeking shelter. [More ...]
Tags: AHAR, Homelessness, HUD
On January 27, 2010, the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness, in partnership with the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance, conducted the annual one-day count of homeless individuals and families in Vermont. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, PIT, Point in Time, Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition Press Release, June 22, 2010
“Washington, DC – The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has released a plan that would put the United States on the path to ending homelessness among veterans and chronically homeless individuals by 2015 and among children, youth, and families by 2020. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, Strategic Plan, USICH
Source: WCAX, June 16, 2010
Hartford, Vermont
“Deaunna Sawyer and her family know what it’s like to not have a place to call home.
“I might have some family to take us in but if I didn’t have family to take us in, we would be on the street,” Sawyer said.
But thanks to the Upper Valley Haven, Sawyer and her kids do have security in the Haven. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, Shelter, Upper Valley Haven
Source: Rutland Herald, June 3, 2010
By Sarah Palermo Keene Sentinel
“BRATTLEBORO — Even after a round of national publicity, donations from across the country and an offer from local philanthropists, a Brattleboro church has decided to sell its 100-year-old Tiffany stained glass window. [More ...]
Tags: Brattleboro, Homelessness, Tiffany Window
The Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) in Burlington has the following job openings:
-Director of Development and Communications
-Security Deposit Project Specialist (AmeriCorps VISTA)
-Single Adult Shelter Staff
-Family Shelter Staff
-Shelter Staff “Subs”
For more information and to apply, visit the COTS employment page.
Tags: COTS, Homelessness, Job Postings
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