Beginning this week, I'll be posting a weekly list of some housing and homelessness news that you might have missed. If you think anything should make it into the next roundup, arq.erfavxbss@hpfs.rqhude.fscu@ffokinser.den !
- I urge everyone to watch this superb Last Week Tonight episode on homelessness. It does a better job covering the causes of homelessness and Housing First solutions than most “straight news” programs I’ve seen.
- California's Legislative Analyst's Office has released its overview of housing and homelessness provisions in the state’s 2021-2022 spending plan.
- From the San Francisco Chronicle, a must-read profile of four homeless people in Oakland—all of whom have deep roots in the city and are former homeowners.
- From our friend Dr. Richard Cho, of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development: What Will It Take to House America?
- This is a neat trend: People with lived experience of homelessness running for elected office in the Bay Area.
- A new study finds a quarter of Californians are “functionally unemployed,” meaning they “can’t find jobs that pay above poverty level.”
- Another study (co-authored by Matthew Desmond, author of the terrific and devastating Evicted) finds that housing instability suppresses voter turnout.
- Lastly, our director Margot Kushel, MD, was interviewed for this Politico piece on Project Homekey, California's "magic recipe" for reducing homelessness.