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No Child Goes Homeless
STRATEGIES FOR
PROMOTING STABLE
HOUSING FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
NEED
High % of poverty in the neighborhood; population in the Dudley Neighborhood lives below the federal poverty limit of roughly $20,000 for a family of four (Census data)
High % who become homeless; 45.7% of Boston’s homeless families came from Dorchester and 13.9% came from Roxbury (2011 DHCD data)
The Rise of Family Homelessness in Boston
Family
Homelessness
has increased
dramatically
over the last
two years.
In August 2010, 720 families were residing in motels, hotels, or shelters in Boston.
In August 2011, there were 1743 families.
Now, in November 2011, there are
1272 families.
The recent slight decrease is due to the HomeBASE program, BUT the funding for that to continue has been cut.
Last Addresses of current shelter residents, by
Boston neighborhood
41%
last lived in
02124,
02121,
&
02119
(Dorchester
& Roxbury)
Last Addresses for current shelter residents
(2011)
Circle of Promise
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Family Homelessness, Student Mobility, &
Student Performance
Family Homelessness has a dramatic effect upon student mobility, which in turn has a dramatic effect upon student school attendance and performance.
One of the undeniable causes of family homelessness is the inability of families to afford housing.
Therefore we can have an impact on student performance by tackling this issue.
More
Affordable
Housing
Decreased
Family
Homelessness
Decreased
Student
Mobility
Increased
School
Attendance
Increased
Academic
Performance
The No Child Goes Homeless initiative will create
a strong network of neighborhood partners,
institutions, schools, and city agencies to provide
crisis intervention, resources, and organizing
support to ensure that no child in target area goes
homeless.
No Child Goes Homeless
Elements of No Child Goes
Homeless Initiative: • Gather data and complete housing resource and needs assessment
for all families in the Dudley Village Campus
• Reduce level of evictions in Dudley neighborhood by scaling up
successful eviction prevention efforts
• Partner with Schools to make them active partners in foreclosure
and eviction prevention efforts
• Implement Anti-Foreclosure organizing and use of CLT to purchase
foreclosed properties
• Increase protection of current housing stock affordability and
advocate for new affordable housing.
Partnering with 4 schools on the Dudley Village
Campus:
• Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School
• Dearborn Middle School
• Burke High School
• Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School
School Partnerships
NEW PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOMELESS FAMILIES IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
GOAL: is to identify which families are homeless and to help place them into permanent housing.
GOAL: is to stabilize the children so that they can thrive in school.
NEXT STEPS:
Hire Case Manager / Housing Search Specialist
Identify Homeless Families
Secure resources for housing families
SCALE UP EVICTION PREVENTION WORK
Data shows that for very little $$ evictions can be prevented;
According to 2006 Boston Housing Court data, of those who were evicted the average arrearage was about $1400;
Project Hope’s work with Maloney Properties and new work with Winn;
75 Maloney tenants preserved tenancies through our work;
7 Winn Sites in the neighborhood will be served by Project Hope starting next month through a grant form the City of Boston
Key ingredients: Flex funds, relationships and case management;
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION WORK
Boston Community Capital “Stabilizing Urban Neighborhoods”
program
City Life/Vida Urbana Bank Organizing: Post-Foreclosure Eviction
Defense Campaign
Coalition for Occupied Homes in Foreclosure (COHIF) Pilot Project
City of Boston Foreclosure Intervention Teams
Dudley Neighbors Inc. Acquisition of Foreclosed Properties
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