What’s Happening on the Homefront
Good people all across our state and throughout the US are working to bring attention to the critical need for housing for the homeless. So much has been accomplished, but important work still carries on.
Local Articles
- There is Hope for Displaced Teens in Middlesex County, Say Youth Crisis Workers by Cassandra Day, Middletown Press
- Homelessness Fell 24% in Three Years. How Did Connecticut Do It? by Kyle Constable, The Connecticut Mirror
- Report: 'Affordable' Housing Still Out Of Balance In Connecticut by Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant
WATCH: Middletown Shows How Local Groups Are Fighting Homelessness, Featuring Tony Crews
by Kent Pierce, WTNH News 8- The Impossible (And Necessary) Task of Counting Homeless Youths by Susan Campbell, New England News Collaborative
WATCH: Veteran Apartment Project In Middletown Gets Final Approvals
by Shawn R. Beals, The Hartford Courant
National Articles
- The Closest Feeling to Homelessness is Having a Broken Heart by David West, The Guardian
- Where do you live? by Prabhjot Singh, Politico
- This Book About Rent Won the Pulitzer — Here’s Why You Have to Read It by Martha C. White, Time Money
WATCH: The 'Housing First' Approach to Homelessness, TED Talk
Lloyd Pendleton, at TEDMED 2016- Yup, Rent Control Does More Harm Than Good by Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
- Domestic Violence and Homelessness from the ACLU Women’s Rights Project
- Facts On Homelessness, Housing & Violence Against Women from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- Is Homelessness Only a Housing Problem? by Stephen Eide, Institute for Family Studies
- 10 Facts About Homelessness by Bill Quigley, HuffPost
- The Value of Lived Experience by Sheila White, Advocacy Fellow at Miriam’s Kitchen, via USICH.gov
- LISTEN: City Visions: YIMBYs add new voice to affordable housing fight via NPR, KALW Affiliate