Backtalk: Addressing Homelessness in Raleigh and Durham
On what cities and citizens can do.
Hundreds at Risk of Becoming Homeless in Raleigh, Wake County
The Raleigh Wake Partnership to End Homelessness, founded by local officials to help fight the housing crisis, is in a crisis of its own.
Construction to Start on King’s Ridge Affordable Apartment Complex
Construction will finally start on King’s Ridge Apartments, a 100-unit complex off Sunnybrook Road aimed at ending homelessness.
Wake County Gets $4.1 Million to Fight Homelessness
Wake County and Raleigh got a big financial boost to their efforts to house people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
Advocates at N.C. State University are Tackling Student Homelessness
According to a survey of undergraduate and graduate students at N.C. State, 9.8 percent of students experienced homelessness sometime in the 2019-20 school year. That number increased to 15 percent during the pandemic.
An Orange County Outreach Program Is Helping the County’s Unhoused Residents Find Their Homes for the Long Haul
The group’s mantra is “housing first.”
Wake County Launches Hotline for Emergency Housing Assistance
The House Wake! Access Hub can be reached at 919-443-0096
More Homelessness Coverage
Op-Ed: To Avoid a Homelessness Crisis, Governor Cooper Must Reinstate the Eviction Moratorium Immediately
Rising homelessness will make it harder for North Carolina to restabilize after the COVID-19 pandemic. It doesn’t have to be this way.
No Place Is Home: Being Homeless Amid the Coronavirus
Health officials don’t know how many of the state’s homeless have COVID-19.
What the Stay-at-Home Order Means for Durham’s Homeless
Mayor Schewel has said the city would help create a facility where homeless people infected with coronavirus could self-quarantine. In San Francisco, homeless people have moved into vacant hotel rooms after testing positive.
2040 Vision: What Will the Triangle’s Social Justice Movements Look Like in 2040?
The next twenty years for community organizers will be exhausting and mentally taxing, but the most important in modern history.
Why Are People Staying Three Times Longer Than They Used To at Urban Ministries of Durham’s Homeless Shelter?
In just over a year, UMD families went from staying an average of 33 days to 116; singles have increased their length of stay from 24 to 77 days.
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