The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Out of Reach 2002 Report is available online. There is an interactive data section as well as links to previous year's reports which are available on the report's site for those seeking area statistics.

To access the report online, go to:

National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
Rental Housing for America's Poor Families:
Farther Out of Reach Than Ever
2002

For those who have not already come across it yet, a CNN news feature from last week concerning homelessness as experienced amongst youth.

Friday, October 4, 2002
CNN
Health News section
Cover Story
On the run: young and homeless

An occasional series examining homelessness in Mercer County, New Jersy by the The Lawrence Ledger.

To read the articles and the editorial within this series published to date, go to:

September 26, 2002
The Lawrence Ledger
[Lawrence, New Jersy]
Homeless have varied histories



September 19, 2002
The Lawrence Ledger
In search of a home



September 19, 2002
The Lawrence Ledger
Ledger Editorial
Families need affordable way to get started

News article in today's edition of The Daily Californian concerning Mayoral candidates running for election to become Mayor of Berkeley, California.

Candidates were presenting their ideas and plans about how to address homelessness in their city as well as debating each other about how best, and who was best, to do so.

The two candidates at the forum each accepted a challenge put forth by a homeless advocate that they experience being homeless for a week if they were elected Mayor.

The political forum was organized by Building Opportunity for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS):

BOSS is dedicated to helping poor, homeless, and disabled people achieve health and self-sufficiency, and to fighting against the root causes of poverty and homelessness. BOSS program participants are 100% poor, 70% homeless, 30% housed. They are all races, ages, backgrounds, and life experiences. [ ... ]

To read the article, go to:

Monday, October 7, 2002
The Daily Californian
[Berkeley, California]
Candidates for Mayor Break Down Homeless Issues
Bates and Dean Advocate Different Means of Change