Alliance Releases Community Snapshot of Memphis-Shelby County








January 28, 2014    
ISSUES  |  POLICY  |  SOLUTIONS  |  NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro


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Alliance Releases Community Snapshot of Memphis-Shelby County


The Alliance has released a Community Snapshot of Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee that provides an overview of the community's progress on ending homelessness. From 2012 to 2013, overall homelessness in Memphis-Shelby County decreased by 12.5 percent and chronic homelessness among individuals decreased by 17 percent. Community stakeholders identified an increase in the supply of permanent supportive housing, prioritization of chronic homelessness, and conversion of transitional housing as instrumental in reaching these decreases.





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