The five cities with the largest homeless populations – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and Denver – combined were home to more than one-third of all people in the U.S. who experienced homelessness in 2024.
“In Mayor Whitmire’s first term, Houston can be the first major city to end street homelessness,”… Continue reading → Posted in Local politics | Tagged Annise Parker, coronavirus, Harris County, homelessness, Houston, Houston Housing Authority, John Whitmire, stimulus, Sylvester Turner, ...
Houston is selected as an extreme case to test the hypothesis that homelessness results from a mismatch between the supply of rental housing affordable to the poor and the demand for low-cost housing. In 1983, Houston had a rental vacancy rate of 18% but also had a large and growing ...
Cross-sectional data for 1426 young adults experiencing homelessness were collected from 2016 to 2017 across seven cities in the United States (i.e., Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver, Houston, San Jose, St. Louis, and New York City). The analytical sub-sample for this study consisted of 173 ...
Homeless Programs Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP Corresponding author Correspondence to Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP. Ethics declarat...
I would like to thank the people who were open and vulnerable in sharing their experiences with me. I would also like to thank Dr. Sergio Chavez for his guidance and feedback in the construction of this manuscript. Author information Authors and Affiliations The University of Houston, Houston,...
Agents arrested 23 people in relation to a cartel-linked drug operation in Texas that dealt in cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and meth. The arrests came after a five-year investigation that started in 2019. Prosecutors said the drug ring operated in the Houston and Galveston areas and was under th...
Innovative new approaches and data-backed programs from both the public and private sectors show promise in finding solutions to homelessness and housing insecurity
George W. Bush’s administration pushed for a “housing first” model that prioritized getting people permanent shelter before helping them with drug addiction or mental illness. Barack Obama furthered the effort in his first term and, in 2010, vowed to end chronic and veteran home...
One example is the Houston SPCA, and as Florida organizations begin their work we will donate toward the needs there as well. During this time of great need, we can come together, maybe over a cup of coffee, to toast to unity. Click here to read more about our Charitable Partnerships ...