Advocates for Richmond's homeless community said they're reaching a breaking point trying to find help for families and children who they claimed were falling through the cracks of the shelter system.
Some homelessness advocates have raised concerns about one of Richmond's newly opened inclement weather shelters, claiming families and children were being left behind.
/PRNewswire/ On April 6, 2023, HUD s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) will host a virtual PD&R Quarterly Update on Housing First, a service.
On April 6, 2023, HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) will host a virtual PD&R Quarterly Update on Housing First, a service model that addresses homelessness by quickly getting individuals and households experiencing homelessness into housing without any preconditions or barriers. Opening remarks will be provided by Jeff Olivet from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. After a housing market update from PD&R’s Kevin Kane and a data spotlight segment from PD&R’s Veronica Helms Garrison, the event will feature two panel discussions. The first panel will highlight Housing First activities in Richmond, New Orleans, Houston, and Mississippi, and the second panel will do a deeper dive into the work being done in Seattle, Washington. Opening Remarks Jeff Olivet, Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Update on U.S. Housing Market Conditions Kevin Kane, Chief Housing Market Analyst, Economic Market Analysis