ESG Applicants: Here's news from the Mississippi Home Corporation concerning the awarding of 2017 ESG awards.
Month: August 2017
Mapping America’s Rental Housing Crisis
The Urban Institute has created an interactive map analysis represent a best estimate of the affordable rental housing gap and federal assistance for extremely low-income (ELI) renter households at the county level in the United States.
MHC’s HOME NOFA is now available
The Mississippi Home Corporation has released the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for agencies who desire to apply for HOME projects.
These four trends in rental housing have big implications for the growing affordable housing crisis
The rental housing landscape in America is rapidly changing: new people are becoming renters and many properties are aging. Meanwhile, the pace at which new rental housing supply is being created can’t meet growing demand. This supply shortage is particularly acute for affordable housing, leading to an ongoing crisis. Tens of millions of Americans live in housing they cannot afford.
Unsheltered Homelessness: Trends, Causes, and Strategies to Address
People sleeping on park benches and street corners are the most visible reminder of the United States’ continuing struggle with homelessness. On any given night, over 175,000 people are unsheltered, sleeping outside or in places not meant for human habitation. On a positive note, unsheltered homelessness has been declining nationally for several years, but some jurisdictions, particularly some large cities, report increases.