Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

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16 October 2026 14:55

WATCH: Housing affordability is a challenge for cities around the world. So what's actually working to keep renters housed? We joined colleagues from the Bloomberg Center for Cities at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social to discuss strategies like mediation and legal assistance. youtu.be/9gZjwxCpwQ8

National Homelessness Law Center

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15 October 2026 13:19

For homeless people, ID laws go beyond voting. When cities destroy homeless communities, and throw away people’s belongings, people often lose the IDs they need to get out of homelessness and find safe and stable housing. buff.ly/bgk6ADS

Social Problems Journal

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14 October 2026 17:30

Rising housing costs are linked to homelessness across racial groups, but not in the same ways. This study from Molly K Richard (@universityofri.bsky.social) reveals how structural conditions shape racial disparities in homelessness doi.org/10.1093/socp...

Brown University School of Public Health

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13 October 2026 21:48

SPH READS 📖 Join us next week for a free webinar with author @brian-goldstone.bsky.social & Dean Francesca Beaudoin on Goldstone's Pulitzer Prize-winner, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America. Live Q&A following the conversation! RSVP at the link https://bit.ly/3TCHnY1

Ben Chrisinger

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13 October 2026 16:51

New research on SNAP restrictions: Do waivers lead retailers to stop accepting SNAP? We found a 1.4% decline in convenience stores where waivers were enacted. Also seems to be gradients in where stores are leaving SNAP, especially places with lower incomes and higher SNAP participation. 🥗 🛟