With the governor’s goal to build 3,000 new affordable homes by 2017 in the background, Guam is moving forward on more affordable housing for its residents. A groundbreaking ceremony held in the Machananano area this week will lead to 10 single-family affordable three-bedroom 1,250-square-foot homes. “This is about the Guamanian dream, about people owning a [...]
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Just last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released the results from the 2011 Point-in-Time (PIT) survey, a national estimate of the number of homeless individuals living in our shelters and, sadly, on our streets. The report showed a remarkable 12 percent drop in the number of homeless veterans and a reduction [...]
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Three years ago, the City of Elgin, Illinois was awarded $2.16 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Funds to buy, renovate and sell properties in distressed housing markets. Today, the City sold one of its first properties to a first-time home owner. Elizabeth Femal recently became a first-time home buyer, and the first person to purchase one [...]
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According to the 2011 Point-in-Time count, homelessness in Carroll County, Maryland was 179 compared to 211 in 2010. This is a 15 percent reduction. Their commitment to the Opening Doors plan and permanent supportive housing have been key to the decline in homelessness. Though the homeless population in Maryland and Carroll County declined between 2010 [...]
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President Obama has vowed not only to reduce homelessness but to end it once and for all. In article featured on Public Manager.org, Secretary Donovan talks about what the Administration has done so far to reduce homelessness and what lies ahead. In the current political climate, the debate over government’s role has often been about [...]
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