Housing

• Finding Healthy Food: The Effects of ‘Food Deserts’ on Public Housing Residents Living with Diabetes

  The National Center for Health in Public Housing explored the effects of food deserts on public housing residents living with diabetes…for more info.

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• Implementing 988 is Critical to Achieving Mental Health Parity

    “Many Americans fall through the cracks of the current system. Many years and lives are lost before help, if it is given at all, is given.”  -George W. Bush Lack of access to the right type of mental health care at the right time compounds the crisis and increases the costs of care. Burdens…

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• Mental Health Service in Public Housing: The Promise of the 988 System

    “Crisis care is the most basic element of mental health care, yet in many communities, it is taken for granted. Limited. An afterthought. A work-around. Even non-existent. A mental health crisis is not planned. It cannot be scheduled. It can happen to anyone… anywhere… anytime.”       - Crisis Now Washington Declaration, 2019  Lack of…

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• COVID-19 in NYC Public Housing

  The densely populated New York City has been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, specifically in its public housing developments. The New York City Housing Authority oversees over 170,000 apartments throughout the city. Many of the residents include seniors, have pre-existing conditions, or are essential workers who must risk their lives at work during the day, and…

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• Public Housing Demand During a Global Pandemic

  Large cities across the country have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the low income and public housing sectors. Washington D.C.’s Department of Housing and Community Development is looking to create a loan program to help offset the economic strain caused by the pandemic. The proposed almost $40 million loan would assist…

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