Articles – Coalition for the Homeless

NHC: difficulty of financing affordable housing without subsidies

One of the most frequent questions we get asked is why there isn’t enough affordable housing to accommodate the need for hard-working low-income Louisvillians. One of the important reasons is that it is extremely difficult for developers to cover their costs when they are building affordable housing without additional subsidies. The National Housing Conference has just […]

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The solution to homelessness: an op-ed by the Coalition and St. John Center

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After the tragedy of Kenneth Winfield’s death in Louisville just 11 nights ago, the Executive Directors and Board Chairs of the Coalition for the Homeless and St. John Center wrote this op-ed for the Courier-Journal. It’s a call to action for each of us, inviting us to work together to ensure that not one more person

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2015 Housing Conference Scholarships Available Through Dona O’Sullivan Fund

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The Dona O’Sullivan Fund was created in Dona’s honor in order to provide training and other opportunities for front line case managers serving the homeless in Louisville. Thanks to the fund, three scholarships are being offered to the KHC/HHCK State Housing Conference on April 8-9, 2015. This Lexington two-day conference will provide lots of opportunities to

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The Potter’s Field documentary sales benefit the homeless

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The Potter’s Field is a 2013 documentary that asks viewers to consider what happens to the homeless when they die. The film tells the story of high school students in Louisville who volunteer to attend funeral services for the homeless, and looks at how other cities treat homeless people after they’ve died. It was masterfully

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38% of Kentucky Children Live in Poverty

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“In the richest nation in the world, one in three kids live in poverty. Let that sink in.” A new study from UNICEF shows that 32.2% of American children live in poverty. When compared to other wealthy countries, child poverty in the US is sixth-highest–and the number has gotten higher. According to UNICEF and this

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Give the Homeless Homes

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This article from The Financial Page of The New Yorker explains why the Housing First method–the method we employ in Louisville through our Rx: Housing program–has been so effective in Utah. At the time, the standard approach was to try to make homeless people “housing ready”: first, you got people into shelters or halfway houses and put them

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Homeless boy found dead in Cherokee Park

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On Tuesday, September 30, a boy was found wounded in Cherokee Park. He was rushed to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. His name was Ray Allen Etheridge. He was 12 years old. And he was homeless. We now know that police have ruled his death a homicide. Our hearts go

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Vote for Dare to Care to win $60,000!

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Please take 45 seconds to help our local food bank provide 240,000 more meals to hungry people in Louisville this year! Dare to Care Food Bank, one of our member agencies, is up for a $60,000 gift from Walmart–but to get it, they have to be voted one of the top 50 food banks in

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2014 Pyramid Award Winner for the Art of Social Innovation!

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The Coalition for the Homeless is thrilled to announce that we are the winner of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence‘s 2014 Pyramid Award for the Art of Social Innovation! A special thanks to Dick and Ardi Wilson for their sponsorship of this very competitive award. Bed One-Stop offers a centralized way for homeless people to

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“What I Learned After Taking a Homeless Mother Grocery Shopping”

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In this eye-opening article, one woman writes about her experience taking a homeless mother grocery shopping, including the expectations so many of us have for homeless or poor people and what they should be buying at a grocery store: “Here’s the thing,” she explained. “We can’t have anything perishable in the shelter. So, the girls

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