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St. Tammany is poised to move forward into somewhat unfamiliar territory with a spate of new apartment complexes that will offer a range of rent options for people across the socio-economic spectrum.

The Obama administration opened up a new front in the health-care battle Thursday, saying that extending publicly funded programs such as Medicaid and Medicare was essential to combating homelessness.

This week, UNITY of Greater New Orleans is housing five of its clients through the new "permanent supportive-housing" program run by the Office of Aging and Adult Services, part of the state Department of Health and Hospitals. The program provides rental assistance linked to supportive services, allowing disabled people to live independently, avoiding institutionalization or further homelessness.

A Bronx homeless services provider got a nearly half-million-dollar shot in the arm from a major city anti-poverty group. The Robin Hood Foundation awarded $470,000 on Tuesday to the Jericho Project, which runs five residences and individual apartments in the Bronx and Harlem, serving 300 residents yearly.

A recent review of existing research on family homelessness has affirmed that the primary cause for most homelessness among families is the inability to find housing they can afford. As such, for the vast majority of unsheltered American families, homelessness can be alleviated through rental subsidies.

For the mentally ill in York and Adams counties there is a lack of housing. According to a county study, about three in 10 of those being treated for mental illness own their own homes. For the rest, there is not enough housing and not enough variety to fit all needs. As a result, people can get stuck, sometimes for months at a time, in the wrong place.

A proposed $1 million cut in aid by Milwaukee County for homeless shelters and housing for people with mental illness would mean more families living in the streets next year, according to local advocates.

U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) – both members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee – today introduced legislation aimed at ensuring that low-income disabled Americans have access to affordable housing options. The Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act would bolster the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s program that increases the availability of affordable housing for persons with disabilities and helps provide them with rental assistance.

Nearly three years ago, politicians and nonprofits announced a regional plan to end chronic homelessness with a flourish of rhetoric and striking promises about new paradigms for dealing with homeless people in San Diego. The plan got off to a slow, quiet start. But the plan is moving.

An estimated 15 percent (11,799) of Cuyahoga County's children are living one step away from homelessness, according to a new report released by Case Western Reserve University's Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. These children live with a grandparent or someone else and about 75 percent of the children without their parents.