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Shelter from the norm - Shift to permanent housing
improves health of homeless - Quincy, MA - 09/25/2006
improves health of homeless - Quincy, MA - 09/25/2006
Study: Housing and Transportation eat up Most of Working
Families' Income
Gabriel Spitzer
CHICAGO (2006-10-11) Working- and middle-class
Chicagoans spend more than half their income on housing
and transportation. That's reported in a study released today
by the National Center for Housing Policy.
The study finds that in most cities, people may save money
on housing by moving farther from downtown. But much of
the savings gets eaten up in higher transportation costs.
In the Chicago area, the report says households earning
between $20,000 and $50,000 a year spend 55 percent of
their income on housing and transportation.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso
Jackson, in town today for a major housing conference, says
he agrees with the study's recommendation: government
must consider housing and transportation policy together.
"Over the years, we tried to separate housing from
transportation, housing from healthcare," he says. "I think
you have to juxtapose all of those together. You must make
a nexus. And if you do that, then yes, you'll be able to
address the need."
The report calculates transportation costs for working families
in Chicago at over $9,000 a year.
© Copyright 2006, Chicago Public Radio
Families' Income
Gabriel Spitzer
CHICAGO (2006-10-11) Working- and middle-class
Chicagoans spend more than half their income on housing
and transportation. That's reported in a study released today
by the National Center for Housing Policy.
The study finds that in most cities, people may save money
on housing by moving farther from downtown. But much of
the savings gets eaten up in higher transportation costs.
In the Chicago area, the report says households earning
between $20,000 and $50,000 a year spend 55 percent of
their income on housing and transportation.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso
Jackson, in town today for a major housing conference, says
he agrees with the study's recommendation: government
must consider housing and transportation policy together.
"Over the years, we tried to separate housing from
transportation, housing from healthcare," he says. "I think
you have to juxtapose all of those together. You must make
a nexus. And if you do that, then yes, you'll be able to
address the need."
The report calculates transportation costs for working families
in Chicago at over $9,000 a year.
© Copyright 2006, Chicago Public Radio
A second chance - Young men, caught between childhood
and adulthood, find help in getting off the streets, learning
the basic life skills they need to survive
Daily Herald story about a transitional housing program
operated by Naperville's NCO Youth & Family Services
and adulthood, find help in getting off the streets, learning
the basic life skills they need to survive
Daily Herald story about a transitional housing program
operated by Naperville's NCO Youth & Family Services
12 Million Suburbanites Live in Poverty
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By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
Associated Press Writer
December 6, 2006, 11:37 PM CST
WASHINGTON -- As Americans flee the cities for the suburbs,
many are failing to leave poverty behind.
The suburban poor outnumbered their inner-city counterparts
for the first time last year, with more than 12 million
suburban residents living in poverty, according to a study of
the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas released
Thursday.
"Economies are regional now," said Alan Berube, who co-
wrote the report for the Brookings Institution, a Washington
think tank. "Where you see increases in city poverty, in
almost every metropolitan area, you also see increases in
suburban poverty."
Nationally, the poverty rate leveled off last year at 12.6
percent after increasing every year since the decade began.
It was a period when the country went through a recession
and an uneven recovery that is still sputtering in parts of the
Northeast and Midwest.
"Looking back at the 1970s, you would have seen cities
suffering and suburbs staying the same," said Berube,
research director at the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan
Policy Program. "But the story is different today."
Berube said several factors are contributing to an increase in
suburban poverty:
* Suburbs are adding people much faster than cities, making
it inevitable that the number of poor people living in suburbs
would eventually surpass those living in cities.
* The poverty rate in large cities (18.8 percent) is still higher
than it is in the suburbs (9.4 percent). But the overall
number of people living in poverty is higher in the suburbs in
part because of population growth.
* America's suburbs are becoming more diverse, racially and
economically. "There's poverty really everywhere in
metropolitan areas because there are low-wage jobs
everywhere," Berube said.
* Recent immigrants are increasingly bypassing cities and
moving directly to suburbs, especially in the South and West.
Those immigrants, on average, have lower incomes than
people born in the United States.
Berube and research analyst Elizabeth Kneebone studied
poverty figures for the 100 largest metropolitan areas,
measuring changes from 1999 to 2005, the most recent data
available.
In 1999, the number of poor people living in cities and
suburbs was roughly even, at about 10.3 million apiece,
according to the report. Last year, the suburban poor
outnumbered their urban counterparts by about 1.2 million.
The federal government defined the poverty level as $15,577
for a family of three in 2005.
"Traditionally, cities have been viewed as home to poor
populations, surrounded by middle- and upper-income
suburbs," the report said. "This 'tipping' of poor populations
to the suburbs represents a signal development that upends
historical notions about who lives in cities and suburbs."
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban
League, said many of the same social and economic
problems that have plagued cities for years are now affecting
suburbs: struggling schools, rising crime and low-paying jobs.
"I call it the urbanization of the suburbs," Morial said.
"I hope this says to people that the way to confront poverty
is not to wall it off and concentrate it," Morial said. "You really
need policies to eliminate it."
On The Net: The report, including data for the 100 largest
metro areas:
Copyright (c) 2006, The Associated Press
--------------------
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
Associated Press Writer
December 6, 2006, 11:37 PM CST
WASHINGTON -- As Americans flee the cities for the suburbs,
many are failing to leave poverty behind.
The suburban poor outnumbered their inner-city counterparts
for the first time last year, with more than 12 million
suburban residents living in poverty, according to a study of
the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas released
Thursday.
"Economies are regional now," said Alan Berube, who co-
wrote the report for the Brookings Institution, a Washington
think tank. "Where you see increases in city poverty, in
almost every metropolitan area, you also see increases in
suburban poverty."
Nationally, the poverty rate leveled off last year at 12.6
percent after increasing every year since the decade began.
It was a period when the country went through a recession
and an uneven recovery that is still sputtering in parts of the
Northeast and Midwest.
"Looking back at the 1970s, you would have seen cities
suffering and suburbs staying the same," said Berube,
research director at the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan
Policy Program. "But the story is different today."
Berube said several factors are contributing to an increase in
suburban poverty:
* Suburbs are adding people much faster than cities, making
it inevitable that the number of poor people living in suburbs
would eventually surpass those living in cities.
* The poverty rate in large cities (18.8 percent) is still higher
than it is in the suburbs (9.4 percent). But the overall
number of people living in poverty is higher in the suburbs in
part because of population growth.
* America's suburbs are becoming more diverse, racially and
economically. "There's poverty really everywhere in
metropolitan areas because there are low-wage jobs
everywhere," Berube said.
* Recent immigrants are increasingly bypassing cities and
moving directly to suburbs, especially in the South and West.
Those immigrants, on average, have lower incomes than
people born in the United States.
Berube and research analyst Elizabeth Kneebone studied
poverty figures for the 100 largest metropolitan areas,
measuring changes from 1999 to 2005, the most recent data
available.
In 1999, the number of poor people living in cities and
suburbs was roughly even, at about 10.3 million apiece,
according to the report. Last year, the suburban poor
outnumbered their urban counterparts by about 1.2 million.
The federal government defined the poverty level as $15,577
for a family of three in 2005.
"Traditionally, cities have been viewed as home to poor
populations, surrounded by middle- and upper-income
suburbs," the report said. "This 'tipping' of poor populations
to the suburbs represents a signal development that upends
historical notions about who lives in cities and suburbs."
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban
League, said many of the same social and economic
problems that have plagued cities for years are now affecting
suburbs: struggling schools, rising crime and low-paying jobs.
"I call it the urbanization of the suburbs," Morial said.
"I hope this says to people that the way to confront poverty
is not to wall it off and concentrate it," Morial said. "You really
need policies to eliminate it."
- Cleveland was the city with the highest poverty rate
last year, at 32.4 percent, while San Jose had the
lowest, at 9.7 percent. - Suburban McAllen, Texas, at the southern tip of the
state, was the suburb with the highest poverty rate
last year, at 43.9 percent, while suburban Des Moines,
Iowa, had the lowest, at 3.7 percent.
On The Net: The report, including data for the 100 largest
metro areas:
Copyright (c) 2006, The Associated Press
More Political Talk About Homeless Campus
WTVC - Chattanooga, TN, USA
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield has been criticized for not
giving the community enough say about his proposed
homeless complex. Read
WTVC - Chattanooga, TN, USA
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield has been criticized for not
giving the community enough say about his proposed
homeless complex. Read
Study reached homeless teens
Earthtimes.org - USA
A comprehensive intervention program aimed at homeless
youths can dramatically improve their situation, a study at
Ohio State University found. Read
Earthtimes.org - USA
A comprehensive intervention program aimed at homeless
youths can dramatically improve their situation, a study at
Ohio State University found. Read
Homeless veteran returns to service at shelter
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
As he walks the concrete hallways of the South Wilmington
Street homeless shelter, Robert Durr snaps a crisp salute to
the men who pass. Read
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
As he walks the concrete hallways of the South Wilmington
Street homeless shelter, Robert Durr snaps a crisp salute to
the men who pass. Read
Fla. City Plans Homeless-Only Village
Local6.com - Orlando,FL,USA
A controversial proposal in Daytona Beach, Fla., would create
a special village to house hundreds of the county's homeless
people, Local 6 News has learned. Read
Local6.com - Orlando,FL,USA
A controversial proposal in Daytona Beach, Fla., would create
a special village to house hundreds of the county's homeless
people, Local 6 News has learned. Read
Homeless survive latest cold snap
Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump,NV,USA
Dikes estimated about 15 homeless people are currently
camped out in the cold. Three tents aren't easily visible to
passing motorists on Dahlia Street Read
Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump,NV,USA
Dikes estimated about 15 homeless people are currently
camped out in the cold. Three tents aren't easily visible to
passing motorists on Dahlia Street Read
Fewer Homeless on Downtown Streets
LA Downtown News Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
15, LAPD Central Division officers counted 875 people in the
area, less than half of what was recorded last September,
when police tallied 1876 homeless Read
LA Downtown News Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
15, LAPD Central Division officers counted 875 people in the
area, less than half of what was recorded last September,
when police tallied 1876 homeless Read
Three Sought In Slayings of Homeless Men
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
Police are seeking three teens thought to have fatally shot
two homeless men in alleys within a square-mile area.
Investigators were trying to identify the Read
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
Police are seeking three teens thought to have fatally shot
two homeless men in alleys within a square-mile area.
Investigators were trying to identify the Read
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Homeless Headlines
December 2007, Volume 17, Issue 12
In the Fall of 2003, several agencies in Western Suburban
Cook County initially came together to draft a proposal for a
traditional permanent housing program that targeted the
standard client base. A new light, however, was shown on
the nature of the problem and the identity of those in need
by a range of community representatives including several
organizations, residents, township leaders, consumers, and
consultants, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI), Read
December 2007, Volume 17, Issue 12
In the Fall of 2003, several agencies in Western Suburban
Cook County initially came together to draft a proposal for a
traditional permanent housing program that targeted the
standard client base. A new light, however, was shown on
the nature of the problem and the identity of those in need
by a range of community representatives including several
organizations, residents, township leaders, consumers, and
consultants, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI), Read