Boise State News May 27, 2021
Vanessa Fry, interim director of the Idaho Policy Institute, and Research Associate Ben Larsen presented at Insightformation’s Housing Solutions Summit on May 12-13.
Fry described the journey of launching New Path Community Housing, a new construction housing first project in Boise. Larsen discussed the rapid responses in place to curb evictions and innovative solutions being adopted in states and local governments across the country.
Resources are expanding for Kansas City’s unhoused families who have lost homes due to COVID-19 as the City has signed an agreement with an area hotel. The City will temporarily house up to 28 families as part of a cold weather family housing initiative.
Director of the Neighborhood and Housing Services Department John Wood gave a report on the City’s unhoused population services and support at the January 7 City Council Business Session.
The City’s unhoused population services emphasizes four areas: funding various service providers and agencies that work with the unhoused population; coordination among City agencies to manage the vacating of encampments – which was called “carrying outreach to offer services” in a memo to the council; the new family rapid re-housing plan; and the Housing Solutions Summit, which Wood said the City Manager will be involved in.