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America’s Mayors Say They Feel Accountable But Unequipped to Address Homeless Crisis, Citing Lack of Funding and Public Opposition to New Housing as Biggest Barriers

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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In fact, aside from a general lack of funding, mayors cite lack of data, limited staffing, and public opposition to new housing and shelters as the biggest hindrances to their ability to address homelessness issues in their cities.

Key Points: 
  • In fact, aside from a general lack of funding, mayors cite lack of data, limited staffing, and public opposition to new housing and shelters as the biggest hindrances to their ability to address homelessness issues in their cities.
  • Mayors believe that their constituents care deeply about how they address homelessness.
  • A minority of mayors define policy success in terms of reducing homelessness, and a surprising number of mayors (10 percent) do not have clear definitions for success.
  • When asked an open-ended question on how they define success in addressing homelessness, only 40 percent of mayors explicitly outline a policy goal of reducing homelessness.

Among Long-Term Impacts of Pandemic, America’s Mayors Are Most Concerned with Residents’ Mental Health and Learning Loss, According to Survey of US Mayors

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Monday, November 22, 2021
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Instead, mayors say they are far more concerned with the pandemics long-term effects on their residents mental health and learning loss among young people.

Key Points: 
  • Instead, mayors say they are far more concerned with the pandemics long-term effects on their residents mental health and learning loss among young people.
  • These are some of the findings related to COVID-19 recovery from the Menino Survey of Mayors, the only nationally representative survey of Americas mayors conducted annually by Boston Universitys Initiative on Cities.
  • More than half of mayors (52%) believe mental health challenges and trauma is a top long-term consequence of the pandemic.
  • Learning loss among young people ranked second (37%), closely followed by a third of mayors expressing concern for the financial insecurity of low-income residents.