Report: Housing Burdened Households to Top 13 Million in 2025

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Report: Housing Burdened Households to Top 13 Million in 2025 The number of households in America who must devote more than 50 percent of their income to rent will rise 11 percent by 2025, according to a new report “Projected Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015-2025.” Housing cost-burdened renters will rise from 11.8 million to 13.1 million. “In the unlikely event that income growth greatly outpaces rent gains, the number of severely cost-burdened renters will remain near current record levels,” said Christopher Herbert, managing director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, which prepared the report with Enterprise Community Partners Inc. “Given these data, it is critical for policymakers at all levels of government to prioritize the preservation and development of affordable rental housing as there are simply not enough quality, affordable rental units to provide housing for the millions of households paying over half their income in rental costs.” Read the report » alliance events Upcoming Webinar: Transforming Homeless Service Systems in Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1 to 2:30 p.m. EDT On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Alliance will host a webinar on the expansion of rapid re-housing in Spokane, Wash. During this webinar, speakers will discuss the programmatic and policy shifts Spokane has made, how the role of transitional housing programs has changed, and the impact these changes have had on family homelessness in the city. Register » Conference Call: Mayor’s Challenge National Check-in Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1 to 2:30 p.m. The Department Housing and Urban Development is encouraging mayors, city staff, partners, and stakeholders participating in the Mayor’s Challenge to connect on a conference call next Wednesday, Sept. 30, to discuss the federal goal of ending veteran homelessness. The call will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EST. Conference ID # 369428 Register » Data Snapshot: Recent Rapid Re-Housing Research The Alliance has posted the online resource “Data Snapshot: Recent Rapid Re-Housing Research,” which provides an overview of 2015 research into the effectiveness of rapid re-housing. The resource includes data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Short-term Impacts from the Family Options Study," which notes that 73 percent of people tracked for the study who were rapidly re-housed exited to permanent housing. Access the data snapshot » Article: Housing Retention Better for SSVF Veterans in Families than Single Veterans Findings from a two-year study of veterans and their families who exited the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program showed that SSVF participants in families faired relatively better in terms of housing retention than their single counterparts. Among veterans who received rapid re-housing services under SSVF: 16 percent of single adult veterans had experienced homelessness one year after exit, and 26 percent had experienced homelessness two years after exit. 9.4 percent veterans in families had experienced homelessness one year after exit, and 15.5 percent had experienced homelessness two years after exit. Access the article » from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Here are 3 Big Takeaways from the FY 2015 CoC NOFA by Steve Berg As many readers of this blog are no doubt already know, last week the Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum finally released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). If you’re applying for funds through the NOFA, you should pay close attention not just to the big picture, but to all the details. That’s why over the next few weeks, we will be releasing more detailed information on the NOFA. For now, though, here is a quick look at the NOFA’s three big-picture trends just to get you started. Read more » comments » | Are We Really Going to End Veteran Homelessness? by Steve Berg Suddenly it’s everywhere: Congressional hearings, daily news stories, a pledge from hundreds of mayors. Community leaders and federal officials are talking about ending homelessness for veterans – not as some vague aspiration for the distant future, but by the end of this year, just a few months from now! What’s going on? Read more » comments » | Department of Education Data Show 1.36 Million Homeless Students in U.S. by Liza Doran Across the country, school is back in session. Though every new school year brings unique challenges for students, few are as difficult to overcome as those facing homeless students. Each year, school personnel work to identify every homeless student in their districts while school is in session. This includes students who are living in shelters, motels or hotels, doubled up with family or friends, or on the street. (This measure is different than the one that the Department of Housing and Urban Development uses.) Read more » comments » |