Washington, DC’s coverage of the “There’s No Place Like Home” report by Housing America and the Doc4Kids Project highlights the 5 million children impacted by inadequate housing nationwide.
Category: National Housing Advocacy
In 1999, THC founded Housing America, a project designed to increase federal funding for affordable housing. Housing America teamed up with the Boston-based Doc4Kids to release a national study “There’s No Place
Like Home–How America’s Housing Crisis Threatens Our Kids.” The study focused on the health, education, and economic impacts of the housing affordability crisis and received nationwide publicity.
Housing America followed this by joining with National People’s Action and Center for Community Change in a campaign to create a National Housing Trust Fund. THC Director Randy Shaw co-authored a study showing how FHA surpluses could fund the Trust Fund, which passed years later.
Housing America also partnered with Religious Witness with Homeless People in a National Religious Call to Action on Housing. Religious Witness leader Sister Bernie Galvin organized the largest group of religious leaders ever to weigh in on a housing issue; the Clinton Administration credited our efforts as helping secure 50,000 additional Section 8 vouchers from Congress. In 2000, Housing America also partnered with Religious Witness With Homeless People on a sign-on letter from over 400 religious leaders in support of allocating $5 billion in FHA surpluses to affordable housing.
In order to boost national organizing efforts, THC created Justicecorps, a project that recruited college students into full-time organizing jobs. Many of those we selected went on to long-time organizing careers.
FHA Surplus Report Release – Media Coverage
Media coverage for FHA Surplus Report Release.
There’s No Place Like Home- Denver, CO Press Release
Colorado agencies in support of improved housing conditions use the Housing America and the Doc4Kids Project report to highlight local inequities in housing.
There’s No Place Like Home- Columbus, OH Press Release
Housing advocates in Columbus, Ohio join Housing America’s pressure to improve housing conditions for the benefit of improving and protecting children’s health and educational success.
There’s No Place Like Home- St. Louis, MO Press Release
Housing advocates in St. Louis, Missouri use Housing America’s “There’s No Place Like Home” report to advocate for improved housing conditions for the 17,000 families in St. Louis living in substandard housing.
There’s No Place Like Home – San Francisco, CA Press Release
San Francisco housing advocates use the Doc4Kids Project and Housing America report, “There’s No Place Like Home,” to advocate for low-income families in San Francisco facing fewer and more expensive housing options.
Fix Schools – Provide Housing
Randy Shaw advises California leadership to focus on increasing affordable housing as a strategy for limiting barriers to students’ academic success.
HUD Deputy Secretary Responds to Housing America
At a Washington, DC press conference, HUD Deputy Secretary Saul Ramirez responds to the report published by Doc4Kids and Housing America.
Media Coverage for Housing America
Housing America and the Doc4Kids Project received extensive print and broadcast attention nationwide for their report linking inadequate housing to health risks and educational failure in children.
Housing Sought
Religious leaders look to President Clinton and Congress to increase federal housing funds.