Immigration: Fighting to Stay. Legally in U.S. for years, thousands face deportation.
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Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Government & Politics, Housing, Land use, Neighborhoods, News, Sea Level Rise
State Looking to Require Cities to Plan for Rising Seas
California officials are taking their first, tentative steps toward requiring cities to plan for severe sea level rise that scientists now say could conceivably elevate high tides by up to 22 feet by the middle of the next century. A state-funded study recommends that local planners adopt a risk-averse approach to permitting developments such as hospitals and housing in areas that have even little chance of flooding in the coming decades.
Posted inHomelessness, Homelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, News, Social Services
City Rolls Out Tech Platform to Improve — and Ration — Shelter, Housing for the Homeless
San Francisco has begun rolling out a new technology platform that officials say will better help the homeless population by giving priority for shelter and housing to those with the greatest need. But the ONE System also functions as a form of rationing of scarce affordable housing.
Posted inEducation, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Homelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety, Social Services
On the Move: One Hardworking Family’s Struggle to Escape Homelessness
City native Victoria Ortiz’s path to homelessness began in the East Bay more than two years ago when she was pregnant, working at a Staples and subletting a room. A housemate stopped forwarding the rent to the landlord, and everyone was evicted. This is the story of her determination to find stable housing for her family while living at a shelter in San Francisco.
Posted inHomelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, Media, Social Justice, Social Services
Rebuttal to Beyond Chron Criticism of Public Press Report on Residential Hotel Vacancies
Last week on his blog, Beyond Chron, Tenderloin Housing Clinic Executive Director Randy Shaw belatedly referred to my Fall 2017 Public Press cover story about vacancies in single-room occupancy hotels as “extremely misleading” and “false.” I was disappointed, but not surprised. And I am not alone.
Posted inBay Area, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Homelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, News
Most Homeless Families Helped by City Rent Programs Move Out of S.F.
A San Francisco initiative to help homeless families find affordable apartments and assist them in paying the rent is sending the majority of them out of the city because of the high cost and shortage of housing.
Posted inHealthy SF: Who Pays?, News
Public Press Weekly: Affordable Care Act — Alive and Living and (Sort of) Well in California
California appears to be successfully implementing the Affordable Care Act. Insurers are staying in the exchanges and prices are relatively stable.
Posted inCommunity, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTQ+, Social Justice, Social Services, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
Host Homes Could Get Young Adults Off Streets
San Francisco has the highest percentage of unsheltered youths in the nation — more than 1,200 between 18 and 24 years old, at last count. Host homes could get many off the streets. Would you welcome a homeless youth into your home?
Posted inCity Hall, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Housing, News, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
Local and National Efforts to End Youth Homelessness
Efforts to end youth homeless began in earnest in 1974, when Congress passed legislation that changed the national approach to helping at-risk youths.