Expert Chat: Helping Chronically Homeless Individuals Access and Stabilize in Housing

Thursday, May 15 at 2:00 ET

Some homeless people remain in shelters or outdoors for years at a time, or have recurrent episodes of homelessness. Typically, they have mental health or substance use disorders, and often are in poor health. KnowledgePlex and the National Alliance to End Homelessness are teaming up to sponsor a two-part chat series on Housing First and Rapid Rehousing. This first discussion centers on moving the chronically homeless with mental illness into stable apartments and offering services to make progress toward recovery and self sufficiency. This discussion will share the remarkable impact Housing First is having on communities and the lives of individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness.

To join the discussion, click here.

Housing + Transportation Affordability Index

Conventional wisdom is that you can get the most house for the money in outlying suburbs. However, a new interactive mapping Web site launched by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, in partnership with The Brookings Institution, shows that once transportation costs are factored in, housing is far less affordable than it seems. The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index looks at the true affordability of housing based on location and transportation costs in 52 metropolitan areas. Using block group level U.S. Census data, the Web site looks cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and St. Paul, Minn.

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