• KTUU Alaska | 12/05/2023 - Houston experts working with Anchorage officials on homeless housing pilot program

“Anchorage Assembly members, representatives of Mayor Bronson’s office, officials from the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, and others concerned about the growing problem of homelessness in the community are meeting with experts from Houston, Texas, on ways to increase Anchorage’s ability to move homeless people into permanent housing.”

Read the full article on KTUU Alaska.

• Amanpour and Company | 12/05/2023 - Houston Cut Homelessness by 60%: How Can the Rest of the U.S. Follow?

“Homelessness is an ongoing problem in the United States and around the world. According to Nicholas Kristof, opinion columnist for The New York Times, the city of Houston may have found a solution. For his latest piece Kristof visited Houston and Dallas to learn how both cities are addressing the issue. He tells Hari Sreenivasan he found differing levels of success.”

Watch the full interview on Amanpour and Company.

• KTUU Alaska | 12/07/2023 - ‘Next step’ initiative underway as Anchorage leaders look to housing as the solution for homelessness

“A community conversation took place at the Anchorage Public Library as leaders from Anchorage and Houston, Texas, shared insight on systems and solutions that have effectively worked in other communities’ homelessness response.

“The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness hosted the conversation and said there are 2,478 permanent housing units needed to fill Anchorage’s housing gap.”

Read the full article on KTUU Alaska.

• Houston Chronicle | 12/08/2023 - Data shows what happens in Houston to someone moving from homelessness to housing

“Houston’s homelessness strategy revolves around housing. When the Houston Chronicle looked into evictions of people who had gained permanent supportive housing, it found that the issue is not tracked in the Houston region.

“Some data, however, does provide context about what happens after people in the Houston region get their housing.”

Read the full story on the Houston Chronicle.

• Anchorage Daily News | 12/09/2023 - Anchorage city leaders look to Houston’s homelessness efforts for solutions

“What if Anchorage could reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness in the city by more than half?

“A housing system in Houston, Texas, has done just that — a hyper-coordinated effort between service providers, city leaders, private business and philanthropy has reduced homelessness by more than 60% over the last decade.”

Read the full article on Anchorage Daily News.

• WFAA 8 | 12/10/2023 - Houston got 60% of its homeless off the street. Here’s how.

“You may not have noticed, but the Houston area has been quietly, and quite successfully, addressing its homelessness problem for years now. And the coalition leading this effort has a simple mantra: housing first. They’ve learned it’s more expensive to leave people on the street or put them in temporary shelters than it is to permanently house them. In this episode of Y’all-itics, the CEO of the “Coalition for the Homeless” tells the Jasons the secret to their success comes down to three things: organization, pragmatism and scale. And you’ll learn why cities from across the country may soon follow Houston’s lead.”

Listen to the episode on WFAA 8.

• The Denver Post | 12/10/2023 - Denver looks to Houston in its quest to solve homelessness

“New Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has invoked Houston as ‘the best model in the country’ and an inspiration for his own plan to move the city’s homeless population off the streets in much larger numbers than his predecessors achieved, starting with 1,000 people by the end of this month. To better assess just how well Houston’s system has worked, The Denver Post visited the city and spoke with the leaders responsible for its 11-year-old strategy — as well as both people who have been helped and those who are still waiting for a hand up.”

Read the full article on The Denver Post.

• ABC 13 | 12/19/2023 - Houston-area nonprofit using $1.6M toward mental health services, education for Houston's homeless

“The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston and Harris County announced an approximately $1.6 million investment in Houston's ongoing work to address family homelessness.”

Watch the full segment on ABC 13.

• Denver 7 | 12/24/2023 - Denver looks to Houston in its quest to solve homelessness

“Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has visited Houston to study the Texas city's housing-first model. Mayor Johnston is among several city leaders across the U.S. who are looking to Houston’s success when it comes to reducing homelessness.”

Watch the full segment on Denver 7.