The Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) meetings are the biggest economist convention of the year. The anchor organization is the American Economic Association, the primary professional organization for economists in the United States. Read More
Some Good News About Homelessness, But Not Time to Declare Victory
About a month ago, HUD released the results of the annual “point in time” estimate of the number of homeless individuals and families across the country on a given night. This number is constructed using two sources of data that are collected on a single night in January: the number of people residing in shelter or transitional housing, plus the number of homeless people found sleeping unsheltered, as counted by a team of volunteers who fan out in over 3,000 communities and look for people sleeping in parks, under bridges, in cars and other places not fit for human habitation.
HUD works with thousands of partner groups — including local and state government officials and agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private sector partners — to deliver housing and community development services and benefits to the American people.
The sluggish pace of energy-efficiency improvements in the multifamily rental housing sector continues to vex advocates of sustainability. Multifamily housing has a number of characteristics that should make green retrofits an appealing investment, but only a fraction of the potential energy savings in the multifamily sector has been realized.
The Urban Institute’s Housing Opportunity and Services Together (HOST) Demonstration is an ambitious effort to test strategies using housing as a platform for services to improve the life chances of vulnerable youth and adults.
Downtown Elgin, Illinois, located just 40 miles northwest of Chicago, has long enjoyed a vibrant arts scene complete with museums, performance halls, opera and theater companies, and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the second-largest orchestra in the state.
