Housing for New Hope

How do we define homelessness?

A person who is homeless does not have a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This person may be sleeping on the streets, with friends or family, in cars or abandoned buildings, or in shelters. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development definition of homeless includes those persons who have no place to go, no resources to obtain housing, and are either being evicted within a week, discharged within a week from an institution such as a hospital, or fleeing domestic violence.

What Causes Homelessness?

Poverty causes homelessness. Factors which contribute to the length or severity of a person's homelessness include:

          Lack of affordable housing and inadequate housing assistance

Inadequate employment income

Mental illness

Lack of affordable health care

Domestic violence

Substance abuse

How Do We End Homelessness?

 

Access to affordable permanent housing

Efforts to ensure jobs pay a living wage

Adequate support for those who cannot work

Appropriate facilities and services for persons with substance abuse and mental illness

Access to affordable health care

Outreach and crisis assistance

Transitional housing

 

Facts and Figures on Homelessness in Durham

2010 Durham Homeless Point in Time Count Analysis

Who Does Housing for New Hope Serve?

Housing for New Hope serves the needs of homeless individuals, as well as those who are at risk of becoming homeless, in Durham and Orange Counties.  Our programs include homeless outreach, housing and clinical support, homeless prevention, transitional housing, and permanent housing.

Housing for New Hope is able to provide these services because we are supported by more than 600 individuals, 22 congregations, more than 20 business and civic organizations, six foundations, as well as federal, state and local government agencies.

What Other Resources Are Available in the Durham Area?

ACRA, Inc.
Healing with CAARE
The Durham Center
Durham Crisis Response Center
Durham Rescue Mission 
Genesis Home
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Orange Person Chatham Area Program
TROSA
Urban Ministries of Durham

Helpful Links for Learning More About Homelessness

What is the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness?

http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/tools/tenyearplan

http://www.endhomelessness.org/section/tools/tenyearplan/execsum

Update on Durham's Ten Year Results Plan to End Homelessness (blog)

http://endhomelessnesstuw.blogspot.com/2007/01/update-on-durhams-10-year-results-plan.html

National Coalition for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/homeless/

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
www.ich.gov/

National Alliance to End Homelessness
www.endhomelessness.org/

Homelessness-HUD
www.hud.gov/homeless/index.cfm

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
www.nlchp.org/

Policy and Legislation

www.endhomelessness.org/

http://thomas.loc.gov/

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