On any given night in Los Angeles County, more than 53,000 people seek a place to sleep. Though that number has actually dropped from previous years, structural factors persist, including climbing unemployment, stagnant wages, and insufficient affordable housing. To help address the issue, Los Angeles County is investing in two key resources: funding for housing and … Continued
Last August, New Orleans weathered one of the worst flooding events since Hurricane Katrina, a record-breaking rain that tested the city’s pumping and drainage system. Within a year, New Orleans has made huge strides toward rebuilding its civic infrastructure with the help of Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) and other city agencies. … Continued
For students from low-income families, money is often a prohibitive barrier to entering and completing college. At the same time, however, many students struggle to access the federal resources that are available to help make college more affordable. In 1965, the United States created the Pell Grant program to help provide qualifying students with access … Continued
Start Small and Dream Big To Fremont, a city that is just starting its own maker initiative, the Pittsburgh maker network may seem expansive and overwhelming. But Rome wasn’t built in a day. Each stop on our tour originated with a “little bet” — a low-cost and low-resource experiment to see if the idea would … Continued
What would a city look like if it empowered seniors to be healthy, vibrant, and productive members of the community? That’s the question that city leaders in Long Beach, California, sought to answer with a new report analyzing gaps in resources and services for the city’s older residents. In a city of 470,000 people, one … Continued
The city of Philadelphia has made impressive economic gains over the last year. In 2017, for the second year in a row, the city added jobs at a faster rate than the nation as a whole. It also recorded its highest monthly average job numbers in nearly three decades. At the same time, Philadelphia has … Continued
Los Angeles County is home to the largest jail system in the nation. On any given day, around 20,000 people are housed in one of the county’s jail facilities. For many of them, jail was the inevitable result of untreated mental or physical illness, substance abuse or drug addiction. A joint report by the Treatment Advocacy … Continued
In 2012, the city of New Orleans Police Department was placed under one of the most sweeping consent decrees ever issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In policing, these binding orders are issued in the wake of an investigation finding that a police department has engaged in systemic misconduct or bias. In a document … Continued
Though San Francisco’s rising housing costs are garnering plenty of headlines, lesser known among the community are the efforts on the part of the city to help connect residents to affordable housing resources. FUSE fellow Kimberly Dubin is working at the Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development (MOHCD) to bring more attention to these … Continued