By: Tim Houchen March 1, 2021 — In the past two years, many new homeless shelters have opened in jurisdictions across California. Many more are on their way. The proliferation of new homeless shelters has…
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By: Joe Colletti PhD February 22, 2021 — Requiring a Trauma-Informed Design and Care ApproachShould be a Condition to Receiving Homelessness Funding Adhering to a Trauma-Informed Design and Care approach should be a legislative requirement…
By: Carolyn Jones January 27, 2021 — After years of steadily rising numbers of homeless youth in California, schools saw a significant drop during the last school year in the official tally of homeless students…
By: Joe Colletti PhD January 25, 2021 — Unsheltered 2021 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count data will not be available for State legislative, funding, policy and planning purposes unlike past count dataAll 44 California CoCs should be…
By: Martin Estacio January 25, 2021 — A first-of-its-kind program aiming to house students facing challenges on where to live began earlier this month thanks to a partnership between Victor Valley College and the nonprofit Searchlight…
By: Hayley Munguia January 25, 2021 — Long Beach will soon require the developers of new housing projects with 10 or more units in the Downtown and Midtown neighborhoods to include affordable units — or…
Hosted By: Tim Houchen January 23, 2021 — In the top homeless news stories for this past week, The City of Fresno has a new mayor and a new program designed to move persons experiencing…
Hosted By: Tim HouchenJanuary 22, 2021 — In tonight’s breaking homeless news stories – a recent homeless mortality report from Los Angeles County finds that overdose deaths among the county’s homeless, especially those deaths involving…
By: Tim Houchen January 21, 2021 — “This alarming increase in homeless deaths, particularly those from drug overdoses, requires immediate action…. As we work hard to secure housing for those experiencing homelessness, we have a…
By: Theresa Clift January 19, 2021 — The city of Sacramento will allow small sanctioned homeless encampments to open in vacant lots across the city, where up to 80 people can sleep in tents, vehicles…
By: Doug Smith January 18, 2021 — For years it was just another dreary piece of the downtown Los Angeles backdrop — a vacant lot between the county jail and the rusted hulk of a…
Hosted By: Tim Houchen January 17, 2021 HOMELESS PERSPECTIVE LIVE WEEKLY UPDATE – January 17, 2021 We begin tonight’s live broadcast with the top homeless news stories from this past week: A report shows that…
By: Joe Colletti, PhD January 11, 2021 — First round Homekey funding was awarded to eligible applicantsin approximately half of California’s 58 counties Second round Homekey funding would provide another opportunityfor eligible applicants to receive…
By: Natalie Hanson January 3, 2021 — CHICO, CA — It has been several weeks since Chico’s City Council and city staff approved harsher punishments for camping in parks. As the new year begins, many people unhoused…
By: Joseph Giovannini December 27, 2020 — IN A ZOOM CONFERENCE three weeks ago, sponsored by Harvard’s Graduate School of Design Alumni Council, Leilani Farha, a Toronto-based housing rights advocate, brought the deep pain of…
By: Lisa Halverstadt December 28, 2020 — Leaders tasked with executing the city’s plan to address the homelessness crisis say the coronavirus pandemic in some ways helped advance certain goals. But on other key metrics,…
By: Nigel Duara December 28, 2020 — IN SUMMARY The coastal community was called out in a state audit as one of many troubling flaws contributing to California’s affordable housing crisis. Researchers say a statewide…
By: Lindsey Holden December 26, 2020 — Paso Robles homeless residents have long struggled without a permanent place to seek shelter — but that changed this month. About two-and-a-half weeks ago, the El Camino Homeless…
By Genevieve Richards December 28, 2020 — Americans want government intervention with homelessness. So why hasn’t there been any? As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens and we welcome a new administration, homelessness hasn’t seemed to be…
By Angelaydet Rocha December 26, 2020 — Thirty-five percent of students enrolled in The North Monterey County Unified School District (NMCUSD) are homeless or foster students, according to district officials. These students are living in…