Lets get to the meat of it. Sunday we got word that a FY2017 Omnibus spending bill agreement was forming up. What the hell does that mean? A spending bill would set our public housing funding until September 31st of this year. Secondly, it allows us to plan for the rest of the… Read More 2017 Public Housing Funding Levels Finally Decided? -Quick Recap
What is Public Housing? There is often a lot of misunderstanding around what public housing is. I am not going to give a written history of what is public housing. For the history you can simply read up on quality websites like this one. If you are simply wondering what is public housing, I will… Read More What is Public Housing in the States? A Simple Answer To a Tough Question
The Baltimore Public Housing Authority serves almost 20,000 residents. Public housing Baltimore also has over 11,000 units and includes over two dozen family properties, mixed buildings and sites for seniors and single family housing. The Baltimore Housing Authority is also a Moving to Work (MTW) housing authority which gives them more financial and regulatory… Read More Baltimore Public Housing: Quick Overview of Public Housing Baltimore
I am only three weeks returned to Seattle. Since returning, the city shocks me day by day with the fast transition and change. In many ways it does not look the same. Buildings that were under construction when I left 1.5 years ago are complete while double the number are now being built. Everywhere I… Read More Homelessness in Seattle: My Suprising Return Home from Germany
Article: The Finnish Homeless Strategy Summarized by Josh Crites Overview Finland recently completed a second phase of a national program intended to dramatically reduce homelessness. What is different with the Finnish approach is the country came together to create a national strategy with a total effort on using the Housing First model. The summary report… Read More Strategic Planning and Homelessness: Finland, the UK, the USA and Sweden
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