These moms are building a forever home for their adult autistic children
News Article
Jan 29, 2019
Housing complex would integrate residents with special needs into the larger community
Safety
New Community | Jan 30, 2019
Behavioral Health
Behavioral health problems can negatively affect an individual's ability to remain stably housed. With certain supports, however, those struggling with addiction and/or mental health issues can live better lives.
New Community | Jan 30, 2019
Veterans
After serving our country, all veterans deserve a place to call home with the supports they need to succeed. With the VASH program and supportive housing options, we can help transition more veterans out of homelessness and poverty.
New Community | Jan 30, 2019
Disaster Relief and Recovery
How can we support our fellow public housing autorities, schools, health clinics and medical services providers, and other partners in areas affected by natural disasters? What have we learned from past efforts and how can we better serve vulnerable populations in the future?
Opportunities to End Homelessness and Housing Poverty in the 116th Congress
Policy Brief
Jan 30, 2019
NLIHC stands ready to work with all members of Congress to seize the opportunity to address the full scope of affordable housing challenges for families with the greatest needs.
Guns, Obesity, and Opioids: A Population Health Science Perspective on 3 Contemporary Epidemics
Publication
Sep 1, 2018
The firearm, obesity, and opioid epidemics are among the most important public health crises of our time. Each epidemic has a complex etiology that challenges efforts at mitigation.
Patient-Centered Insights: Using Health Care Complaints to Reveal Hot Spots and Blind Spots in Quality and Safety
Research
Sep 1, 2018
Systematic analysis of health care complaints can improve quality and safety by providing patient-centered insights that localize issues and shed light on difficult-to-monitor problems.
Systems Thinking as a Framework for Analyzing Commercial Determinants of Health
Research
Sep 1, 2018
This article shows how a complex systems perspective may be used to analyze the commercial determinants of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and it explains how this can help with (1) conceptualizing the problem of NCDs and (2) developing effective policy interventions.
Within Reach: Ambitious Federal Solutions to Meet the Housing Needs of the Most Vulnerable People
Publication
Jan 24, 2019
Affordable housing campaigns are not new, of course, but what is unprecedented and transformative about Opportunity Starts at Home is the scope and diversity of the partners that are joining forces to advocate for more robust and equitable federal housing policies.
Failing Mia and Kiley: The Family Homeless Assistance System is Broken
Publication
Oct 9, 2018
Women with children, especially, stay hidden in fear of losing custody of their children. As a result, we will never see them camping in tents or in downtown parks.