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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

Social Security cards, birth certificates, and proof of disability are crucial for accessing services and applying for housing. If this individual remained in custody, they could have lost their bed in the shelter, requiring a restart of their journey towards being permanently housed.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

This information could be used to facilitate outreach to those families around potential resources or programs to help resolve title or condition issues. This helps protect an individual’s housing stability and hopefully prevent an heirs’ property from becoming another vacant property.

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In a special issue of Housing Policy Debate on evictions, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, Sophie House, and Ryan Brenner analyze early findings from the NYC Universal Access to Counsel program (UAC). As of 2013, only 1 percent of New York City tenants were represented by lawyers in housing court. Background.

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