[homeles_ot-l] News from Vancouver & supportive housing research from USA

[Lynne Browne]

FYI – Supportive Housing – News from Vancouver and the Furman Center for
Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University 

 

1.       from globeandmail.com

 

"Homeless pledge a real challenge" 

If Vancouver mayor-elect Gregor Robertson is serious about eradicating
homelessness in the city, he's going to need thousands of units of
supportive housing to get the job done. 

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2.       Furman Center in the News 


For a complete list of recent news articles featuring Furman Center data and
analysis, click HYPERLINK
"http://furmancenter.nyu.edu/aboutus/FurmanCenterintheNews.htm"here. 


Furman Center Releases New Report on the Neighborhood Impacts of Supportive
Housing


On November 6, 2008, the Furman Center released a new policy brief,
summarizing our research on the neighborhood impacts of supportive housing.
HYPERLINK
"http://furmancenter.nyu.edu/documents/FurmanCenterPolicyBriefonSupportiveHo
using_LowRes.pdf"The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding
Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City evaluates the impacts that 123
supportive housing developments across New York City's five boroughs have
had over an 18 year period.  View the HYPERLINK
"http://furmancenter.nyu.edu/documents/FurmanCenterReleaseofSupportiveHousin
gResearch110608.pdf"press release. 

 

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7 
HYPERLINK "mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca"lbrowne at ysb.on.ca,  613-241-7913 ext 205

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca  

 


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