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Families Maintain Stable Housing with Direct Assistance and Collaboration
Most of Wilder’s supportive housing services focus on stabilizing families who have experienced homelessness so that they can move into long-term affordable housing. One of our newest efforts focuses… Read more »
Most-Read Research of 2019
From homelessness and housing to children's mental health, see which research you might have missed in 2019.
From Homelessness to Housing, Families Achieve Stability through Self-Determination and Community Support
Once a family faces eviction or experiences homelessness in the Twin Cities, how do they eventually find a home? With community support from counties, shelters and local organizations, families take… Read more »
Preventing Homelessness in Our Community Starts with Trust
I have been working to help families experiencing homelessness stabilize for more than two decades and I’ve heard it all before. The stereotypes, the explanations, the rationale for why we develop… Read more »
6 Things to Know About the Minnesota Homeless Study
On October 25, 2018 Wilder Research partnered with shelters, outreach sites, and volunteers statewide to interview thousands of people experiencing homelessness.Start by Knowing Why: 5 Reasons People are Homeless in Minnesota
A lack of affordable housing tops the list of reasons people in Minnesota experience homelessness, based on data from the 2015 Minnesota Homeless Study.