Dozens of African migrants found living packed inside store basement, sleeping in shifts – Fox
“Nearly 327,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness lived in shelters, a small proportion (0.1%) of the U.S. population from 2018 to 2022 but higher than from 2013 to 2017, according to American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates released in a working paper today. The 2013-2017 ACS, the previous 5-year ACS with no overlapping years, showed there were approximately 267,000 people (0.08% of the U.S. population) in shelters during that period…
“Among the sheltered population experiencing homelessness: 40% were female; 8% were under the age of 18; 8% were age 65 or over; 32% were non-Hispanic White; 37% were non-Hispanic Black; and 35% had a disability…
“The sheltered population ranged from a low of 173 people in Wyoming to a high of 83,550 people in New York. In fact, four states accounted for over 50% of the total U.S. sheltered population experiencing homelessness: New York (83,550); California (57,700); Texas (15,340); and Florida (13,260). While 10 out of every 10,000 people lived in a shelter nationally, this rate ranged from a low of 1.5 in Mississippi to a high of 61.5 in the District of Columbia.”
Can affordable housing for Indigenous communities work? – High Country News
“The question looms large as Denver breaks ground on its first affordable housing project for Indigenous people.“
“Indigenous people comprise 2.6% of America’s population, but in 2023, they accounted for 3.9% of those experiencing homelessness. The inequity is acute in Western cities: Indigenous people make up only 1% of the population of King County, Washington, home to Seattle, but 9% of those experiencing homelessness. In Denver, they are overrepresented in the unhoused population by 400%.”
WHAT HAS ZONING REFORM ACCOMPLISHED IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS? – Harvard JCHS
“Like many cities across the country, Cambridge is facing an affordable housing shortage. Cuts in federal funding have significantly slowed the construction of affordable housing in the last decade. The costs of both land and buildings are soaring, and affordable housing developers often cannot compete with for-profit developers. Prior to 2020, the zoning in Cambridge did not allow multifamily housing in a third of residential neighborhoods, limiting the supply of affordable units. Taken together, these factors have priced many residents out of the city.”