The New Haven Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness was released in December 2005 by former Mayor John DeStefano's Homeless Advisory Committee. It outlined the priorities for addressing the homeless population's needs. This document contains the work plans for the various steering committees.
This guide to ending homelesssness focuses on the role that supportive housing can play in cost-effectively solving chronic homelessness. It explores the need for housing in Connecticut as well as the way in which supportive housing would be implemented.
This chapter, entitled "Coming Home," focuses on the importance of maintaining the strength of neighborhoods in order to benefit homeowners that live there. As a case study, it looks at Battle Creek, Michigan, where a nonprofit called Neighborhoods Incorporated lends money for home purchase and neighborhood rehabilitation.
This report seeks to address the issue of homelessness in Connecticut and offers supportive housing as a possible solution. It uses the Connecticut Supportive Housing Program as a case study demonstrating the success of the system.
DataHaven's first publication, in 1995, explored a variety of issues in New Haven and its surrounding region. The full report is very large, but an excerpt of it can be downloaded here. Email DataHaven for the complete file.
Jan. 1, 1995
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