Focus Area

Housing and Homeless Assistance

Children, youth, and families need safe, stable, and affordable housing with a range of holistic supports – and emergency and transitional shelter with supportive services – in order to thrive. This page compiles SHC’s housing-related resources and advocacy publications.

Experiencing homelessness? Here are some resources to help.

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Babies Have the Greatest Risk of Eviction

The rate of eviction for families with children is more than double the eviction rate of those without children. In fact, babies and toddlers are the most at risk of eviction, and children under the age of 5 make up the largest group by age of people whose households have had an eviction action filed against them.

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Families and youth need safe, stable, and affordable housing – and a range of holistic supports – in order to thrive. They also need access to emergency and transitional shelter with supportive services for their immediate safety and to mitigate the trauma of homelessness. Tragically, shelter, housing, and services are out of reach for too many, and to make matters worse, most families and youth who experience homelessness are ineligible or not prioritized for federal homeless and housing assistance.

SHC’s Housing and Homeless Assistance Advocacy

SHC works to ensure that expectant parents, families with children, and youth who are homeless on their own are connected to and prioritized for housing that meets their needs and services that help them maintain stable housing. At the same time, we advocate for access to emergency and transitional shelter with supportive services to protect children, families, and youth from harm and help them recover from the trauma of homelessness.