We've collected all of our policy documents here and provide access to downloadable documents as noted. Search, browse, access and get the facts, stats, and real story behind homelessness.
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Is Housing a Human Right?
Author/Creator: Rene Heybach; Patricia Nix-Hodes
Publication date: 2003-10-01
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A CCH policy brief that examines whether housing should be understood as a human right and argues that the right to adequate housing is recognized as a basic and fundamental human right in many sources of international human rights law. Complete listing and access info » |
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Lack of Health Care: A Root Cause of Homelessness
Author/Creator: Maura McCauley
Publication date: 2003-04-01
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Close to 41.2 million people in the United States lacked health insurance for all of 2001. Extensive research exists on the effects of homelessness on health, but the high costs of health care as a cause of homelessness for low-income individuals have not been visibly examined. The loss and lack of health insurance places millions of adults and children in the position of being one accident or illness away from homelessness. A Commonwealth Fund study of loss of health insurance found that 40 percent of uninsured respondents had difficulty paying for basic necessities such as food, rent, and utilities as a result of high medical bills. Complete listing and access info » |
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Making Rents More Affordable: The Rental Housing Support Program
Author/Creator: Rachel Alenduff; Nick Brunick; Julia Holczer
Publication date: 2003-01-01
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The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) and the Statewide Housing Action Coalition (SHAC), through the "It Takes a Home to Raise a Child" campaign, have proposed state legislation that creates a revenue stream to fund local rental subsidy programs throughout the state. Under this legislation, known as the Rental Housing Support Program, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) would offer grants either to local administering agencies (local governmental bodies, local housing authorities, not-for-profit organizations) or to developers of affordable housing. Complete listing and access info » |
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Olympics Impact Affordable Housing, Homeless People and Housing Rights
Author/Creator: Julie Dworkin
Publication date: 2008-09-01
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As Chicago waits to hear whether it will be chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, it is important for housing advocates to be aware of how housing rights have been impacted in other Olympic host cities around the globe. While the Olympics are an opportunity to showcase a city to the world, the development that comes with hosting the games can often have very negative consequences, particularly for poor and marginalized people. Looking at the past 20 years of experiences of Olympic host cities, what is revealed are some rather devastating impacts on housing rights. In fact, all cities that have hosted the Olympic Games suffer similar negative consequences. Complete listing and access info » |
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Prostitution: A Violent Reality of Homelessness
Author/Creator: Erika Schoot; Samir Goswami
Publication date: 2001-01-01
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