New York
The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City

Published by Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
This policy brief is a summary of the Furman Center’s research on the effects supportive housing has on the values of surrounding properties. Research findings show that the values of properties within 500 feet of supportive housing show steady growth relative to other properties in the neighborhood in the years after supportive housing opens.

California
A Dollars and Sense Strategy to Reducing Frequent Use of Hospital Services

Published by Corporation for Supportive Housing
This new report from CSH provides evaluation data from six California counties demonstrating that more effective programs for “frequent users” can decrease costly emergency room visits and hospitalizations for many patients.

Out of Balance

Published by Affordable Housing Finance
Barbara Harvey lives in her car, driving to a parking lot each evening to spend the night and then leaving shortly after the sun rises. A 66-year-old mother of three grown children, she has been homeless since March, not long after she lost her job and then the three-bedroom condominium that she rented.

Addressing Foreclosures : A Great American Dream Stabilization Program

Published by Copyright 2008 Center for American Progress
In this paper, the Center for American Progress proposes the establishment of a Great American Dream Neighborhood Stabilization, or GARDNS Fund to provide money quickly and efficiently to local non-profit organizations or municipalities to purchase foreclosed properties and offer them for sale to qualified low- and moderate-income families on affordable terms. Proceeds from the sale would be used to purchase additional properties, thus multiplying the purchasing power provided by this new fund.

Alabama
Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance were Higher in 2007 — and Median Income for Working-Age Households was Lower — Than at the Bottom of Last Recession

Published by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The number of Americans in poverty climbed by 816,000 in 2007, while the poverty rate remained statistically unchanged, overall median income rose modestly, and the number and percentage of Americans without health insurance fell somewhat, according to Census data.

Analyzing HMIS Data: What Can it Tell You?

Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness
This workshop at the 2008 National Conference on Ending Homelessness described how to use HMIS to answer important questions about the characteristics of homeless people, patterns of homelessness, and ways to allocate resources more effectively within a community.

2007 Annual Homeless Assessment Report : A Summary of Findings

Published by National Alliance to End Homelessness
In its Third Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that last year the country has experienced about an 11 percent decrease in homelessness, including a 30 percent drop in chronic homelessness since 2005.

Illinois
Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System : A Process Evaluation of the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership

Published by Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago
This is a report of the evaluation of the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP). CHHP was established in 2002 by a diverse group of health care, respite and housing providers. Its primary goal has been to better serve the needs of homeless individuals with chronic medical conditions through the building of an innovative model of service integration.

Preserving the Dream : Understanding and Addressing the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Published by Neighborhood Funders Group
This briefing paper explores how the current subprime mortgage crisis developed, highlights strategies that some communities are using to mitigate its negative impacts, reviews recent federal proposals to address the situation and discusses possible intervention strategies that foundations can pursue to address the crisis.

Special Report: Responding to Mental Illness in America

Published by The American Prospect
This broad selection of articles on the current state of mental health care in America provides an analysis of existing challenges and suggestions for model programs for the nation's mentally ill.