What is affordable housing?
posted: September 23, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: housing, info
Housing is considered “affordable” if the occupant is paying no more than 30% of his/her gross income for housing costs, including utilities.
Fair market rent (FMR) is the maximum monthly rent that HUD allows for properties participating in its programs, such as Section 8.
Final FY 2007 FMRs By Unit Bedrooms
Efficiency
One-Bedroom
Two-Bedroom
Three-Bedroom
Four-Bedroom
Final FY 2007 FMR
$554
$632
$705
$893
$955
(table source: HUD)
So, based […]
Leslie’s House for homeless women
posted: May 27, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless news, info
Shelter beds for homeless women in Greensboro are limited, and we don’t have a women’s-only homeless shelter. But High Point does, and I refer women there regularly. It’s called Leslie’s House.
From today’s News & Record:
“The charming two-story house on West English Road has everything.
New appliances. Gleaming hardwood floors. Spotless carpets. Even a white […]
Integrating faith & science in serving the chronically addicted
posted: April 9, 2008 | category: faith, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse
tags: events, info
INTEGRATING FAITH & SCIENCE IN SERVING THE CHRONICALLY ADDICTED
When: Sat., April 19th, 9:00 am-1:00pm
Where: Grace Community Church
For those who do outreach with chronically homeless and chronically addicted people — focusing on the science of addiction and how to integrate science and faith as we love and serve people with substance abuse disorders.
With Paul Nagy from […]
Repairers of the breach
posted: March 7, 2008 | category: faith, homelessness
tags: info
Liz told me about a grassroots, self-governed homeless center in Milwaukee, called Repairers of the Breach, which aims “to bring forth homeless people to act collectively to change the present conditions under which they live, through advocacy/education and direct action.” I really like their mission and vision.
So the other night, I was studying my Bible […]
NPR: Housing First: A Special Report
posted: September 7, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless news, info
NPR’s Housing First: A Special Report is “a yearlong special reporting project by a team of NPR News radio and Web journalists… explor[ing] why it’s so difficult for Americans with special needs to find good housing — and how the lack of housing often stymies their efforts to join, and flourish in, the mainstream of […]
Read More..>>Incarceration, Reentry & Homelessness
posted: August 13, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: info, prison reentry, slideshow
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Source: Illinois Community Safety & Reentry
