Advocate for Affordable Housing

I saw in the Boston Globe this morning that Father Bill, a local champion for ending homelessness, passed away late last week. While I didn't know Father Bill personally, his work is something I have tremendous respect for. He served as the priest at St. John's in Quincy for 18 years, and while there experienced more and more people coming to him for help finding housing.  read more »

I wanted to post a quick entry about a new blog that has just begun, coming out of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. This national advocacy organization is one that I personally have found to be among the most plugged in to current trends in homelessness and the attempts to abolish it from our communities. They launched a new blog today that I encourage you to check out.  read more »

Only two weeks ago, I posted a blog highlighting the findings of a study contrasting rental prices against income. Massachusetts featured as one of the most expensive places in the country to live in, and a new poll by UMASS and CHAPA lends a voice to the figures.  read more »

A recent Boston Globe article provides added detail to a topic we've posted about several times on this blog - the rise in foreclosure and how it relates to the rise in homelessness. For some time those of us in the social service field have been sharing anecdotes about the connection between the growing foreclosure rate and increases in family homelessness.  read more »

I was very excited Tuesday night when President Obama was asked a question about homelessness during his second prime-time press conference. Earlier this month the National Center on Family Homelessness (http://www.familyhomelessness.org/), located in Newton, MA, released a report that found 1 in 50 U.S. children experience homelessness at some point. This report also ranked Massachusetts as 8th best in its response to child homelessness.  read more »