Housing and Homelessness
Most people want the same things when it comes to housing: decent, affordable, safe and secure. The recession’s effect on housing now reaches from low- and moderate-income families to an overextended middle class. The foreclosure crisis combined with unaffordable housing costs has created a climate of hardship for many families.
Latest in Housing and Homelessness
The Nation’s Children 2010
A compilation of the latest statistics on the health and welfare of U.S. children, including individual fact sheets on each state.
Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports They Need
At least $65 billion in vital government services and support remain unclaimed. The authors highlight methods to extend outreach efforts to ensure that low-income families receive the benefits they critically need.
Unemployment and Family Homelessness: The Nation's Crisis, New York City's Experience
The report explores public assistance programs in New York City, where the number of families and children living in homeless shelters in 2010 is expected to increase by 13 and 15 percent, respectively.
“Goals for TANF Reauthorization”
The policy brief suggest goals for the upcoming reauthorization of TANF, which is to occur in September.
"Shortchanging Survivors: The Family Violence Option for TANF Benefits"
The report finds that the vast majority of domestic violence survivors do not have access to potentially life-saving aid included in TANF.
“Overlooked and Undercounted 2009: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in California”
The analysis finds that 3 in 10 California households lack adequate income, opposed to the 1 in 10 households reported by the federal poverty measure.
“State-Level Data Show Recovery Act Protecting Millions From Poverty”
The analysis suggests that the Recovery Act provisions are keeping more than 6 million Americans out of poverty and reducing the severity of poverty for 33 million more.
“Why Are Young Children Missed So Often in the Census?”
The study explores why more than 1 million children under age 10 and more than three-quarters of a million children under age 5 were missed in the 2000 Decennial Census.
“Rx for Hunger: Affordable Housing”
The report examines the crucial role of subsidized housing in protecting young children from food insecurity.
“Recession Brings Many Young Adults Back to the Nest”
The report finds that while the recession has touched Americans of all ages, it has particularly affected the family patterns of young adults.
“Stress in America 2009”
The nationwide survey suggests that stress and worry are having more of an impact on young people than parents believe.
"The State of City Leadership for Children and Families"
The report highlights the broad range of emerging trends in local policy efforts to promote child and family well-being.
“Family Mobility and Neighborhood Change: New evidence and implications for community initiatives”
An analysis of residential mobility and neighborhood-based initiatives aimed at low-income, disadvantaged children and families.
“Tables of Alternative Poverty Estimates: 2008”
National poverty and income data based on an alternative measure recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
"The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything"
A comprehensive analysis of women's changing economic status.
