This guest post was written by Rebecca Cohen, associate in the Social & Economic Policy Division of Abt Associates. In May 2018, Kittitas County became the latest community to be recognized by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, U.S. Department of […]
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When Communities Team Up, More People Get Housing
For the past ten years, federal policy and community practices have focused on the value of collaboration and a system-wide approach to ending homelessness. That’s why, in 2014, The National Alliance to End Homelessness introduced the concept of a Learning […]
Exploring the Crisis of Unsheltered Homelessness
Each night, nearly 200,000 Americans sleep outside or in a place not meant for human habitation, like an abandoned building, a park, or a car. Between 2015 and 2017, this population of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness jumped by almost 20,000. […]
As Housing Affordability Takes Center Stage, Organizations Take Action on Policy
As results from the 2018 Point-in Time Counts begin to emerge, we see a scattered portrait of homelessness in the United States. While many communities are making progress, homelessness continues to rise elsewhere. Meanwhile, the housing affordability crisis looms large, […]
What Gets Measured Gets Managed
This guest post was written by Jill Khadduri, Senior Fellow and Principal Associate for Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates. An old adage tells us, “What gets measured gets managed.” That’s why, beginning in the early 2000s, communities across the country […]