The city of Phoenix set heat records in summer 2023, with high temperatures that topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for 31 consecutive days and at least 54 days in total. In such conditions, providing basic ...
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Sep 14, 2023
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COVID-19 is a health, social, economic and political emergency. It is also a housing emergency.
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Nov 24, 2020
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More than half of people residing in homeless shelters in the United States had formal earnings in the same year they were homeless, according to a new study that deepens understanding of housing insecurity in the U.S.
Economics & Business
Jun 30, 2021
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A Cornell-led study is the first to report national, annual rates of sheltered homelessness over time across race and ethnicity, and finds "staggering" disparities, showing Black and Indigenous Americans are far more likely ...
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Feb 16, 2023
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Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Should they spend as much as possible on meeting the immediate needs of people who ...
Economics & Business
Oct 18, 2023
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For millions of people in the United States, the struggle for stable housing both shapes and is shaped by numerous factors, such as employment opportunities and wages, housing market dynamics, access to health care, financial ...
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Sep 10, 2019
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A video camera captures an interview with a man named Spirit, who relaxes in an outdoor plaza on a sunny afternoon. Of his nearby service dogs, Kyya and Miniaga, he says, "They mean everything to me, and I mean everything ...
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Jun 19, 2017
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(Phys.org)—Businesses are good for nonprofits, but they are especially good for nonprofits that directly benefit the corporate elite such as art institutes, symphony orchestras and private schools, according to research ...
Economics & Business
Dec 17, 2012
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Shortly before the pandemic, the University of Toronto's Stephanie Begun put up some flyers for a free improv workshop at a Toronto homeless shelter for youth. It was an idea she'd been toying with for years—that participating ...
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Dec 8, 2021
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As the coronavirus pandemic grows, the University of Michigan's Jennifer Erb-Downward discusses how people who are homeless will likely be affected by the public health emergency and how policymakers can respond. Erb-Downward ...
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Apr 10, 2020
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