I observed the men, women and children standing in the cold, waiting for a hot meal on a Tuesday in January, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Not just any Tuesday, but the day each year when thousands of volunteers across the country fan out to collect information on the number of homeless individuals living in the [...]
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Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Estelle Richman participates in the District of Columbia Homeless Point-in-Time Count. Secretary Donovan talks about the refinance proposal in Milwaukee and Las Vegas. While companies in Las Vegas are urged to offer housing assistance for workers. Affordable housing for [...]
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Home of the day: Sunrise Metro Apartments in Salt Lake City. Continuing evidence from Utah that Housing First is the solution to ending chronic homelessness. Volunteers in Miami-Dade prepare for their annual homeless point-in-time count tonight. Rehabbed homes in Dayton will soon see some eco-friendly features. And [...]
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Home of the Day: Broadway Apartments – Sustainable low-income housing in Ft. Myers, FL. The Annual Homelessness Point-in-Time Count wraps up in Austin while officials in New Jersey and other locations across the country prepare for their count this week. Sustainable plans in the future for Erie, [...]
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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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