The number of people who are still in need of rental assistance is nearly three times the number of people who actually receive federal money. The solution is clear: we need more funding for affordable housing. cbpp.org/16-million-hou…

.◥◤Kriston Capps covers a potentially punitive federal approach to homelessness in Houston and other cities: bit.ly/2M5RmPz 3 years ago, many partners in Houston cited USICHgov as the city's closest federal partner in ending veteran homelessness: urbn.is/2Z2xi5F

Effective shelters should: 🏠 offer immediate & low-barrier access to anyone facing a housing crisis 🏠 measure shelter performance to improve results 🏠 embrace a Housing First approach Learn more from the Alliance's Emergency Shelter Learning Series: endhomelessness.org/resource/emerg…

We can end homelessness through Housing First interventions, writes Samantha Batko: urbn.is/2OM7l6u

At the risk of sounding like a broken record: homelessness is a solvable problem. Mary Cunningham and I wrote about what it takes. urban.org/urban-wire/hou…

Key points from Mary Cunningham Samantha Batko on Critical Value today: 1. The homeless and those at risk are vulnerable + can overwhelm the health system if sick 2. We need to get people housed + stop evictions 3. This will require a huge response open.spotify.com/episode/3HFmd6…

Not a single cent of the $484 billion in funding in the 4th stimulus bill will help struggling Americans pay rent. 40% of renters may be unemployed and unable to pay their share of the $50 billion in rent due next week. bit.ly/2Vx0WzT

Many cities respond to chronic homelessness using police. Urban Institute shares why putting housing first is more effective urbn.is/2VnztQD

“There’s a saying on City Hall that calls Camden ‘a city invincible.’ But I think more than that, it’s a city resilient.” How Promise Neighborhoods are working with residents to weather crises & transform communities: urbn.is/33xYUDi #PromiseNeighborhoods2020

How has Mission Promise Neighborhood pivoted during #COVID19 to ensure Latinx families are still best supported? How is #affordablehousing still front and center? And how does Results-Based Accountability measure impact? Blog @ bit.ly/3o9S4M2. #PromiseNeighborhoods2020

So much gratitude for the work of Promise Neighborhoods and Full Service Community Schools this year. As Kwame Owusu-Kesse and our other morning conference speakers said- you were made for a moment like this. #PromiseNeighborhoods2020 Urban Institute youtu.be/Y11dX5VaVps

"A belief in the potential of every child" - Phil from Self Enhancement, Inc. shared what it takes to be a case manager during #PromiseNeighborhoods2020 To learn more about case management across Promise Neighborhoods check out urban.org/sites/default/… with @MicaMOBrien

Celina Castro-Saelao from medasf Promise Neighborhood emphasized the need for housing navigators who help simplify housing applications on a wide-ranging affordable housing panel including @APAH_org, Arlington Presbyterian Church, and Project Community Connections. #PromiseNeighborhoods2020

As of July 2018, 2.5 years into the Denver SIB, 85% of the 285 participants had remained in housing without ever exiting the program: urbn.is/36fi1mJ How are things going now? Join us #LiveAtUrban TODAY to learn more & hear the final findings. urbn.is/3vZrE3e

How is City and County of Denver working to end the homelessness-jail cycle? #LiveAtUrban TODAY at 3pm EDT hear from City and County of Denver, @MHCD_DrClark, Mary Cunningham, @parvensky, Northern Trust, & @cshinfo as they discuss the results of the Denver SIB. urbn.is/3vZrE3e

It’s been a long time coming! Forever impressed by how Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) @MHCD_News CSH City and County of Denver & all the SIB partners do what they do.

There’s so much to dig into from the Urban Institute Denver SIB findings. Our analysis of health care outcomes (thanks to @evidence4action) finds supportive housing helped people use less emergency health care & more office-based health care: urbn.is/3B8CDLs

.Sarah Gillespie: "Supportive housing ends homelessness. It ends the cycle of jail and emergency health care, and it reduces the public costs of that cycle." (via Erin O'Toole 🧜‍♀️) urbn.is/3777WIR

Spoiler alert: it was a big success!

New feature from Housing Matters shows what could happen when communities address the underlying causes of homelessness rather than continuing the status quo. urbn.is/3RoC3Ag DevlinHanson Sarah Gillespie @AlyseOneto Jesse Jannetta katie fallon