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Robert Davis

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Robert Davis is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about real estate, homelessness, and poverty. His works have appeared in Forbes, Business Insider, Capital & Main, and Jacobin Magazine, to name a few. He lives in Denver.
A brick sign that reads "Volunteers of America: Girard Place" sits on top of a grassy walkway. Behind the sign is a parking lot with two cars, as well as several apartment buildings in the background.
Homelessness

How to Make the Case for Supportive Housing

As federal funding for homelessness programs is threatened, housing advocates are combining large-scale research and case-level data to show why supportive housing works—and why it matters.

View from inside a distillery. In the foreground are large barrels, and against the wall at left are metal shelves holding smaller barrels, each with Deerhammer distillery name or logo printed on them. Outside the open garage-type door is a white camper van. Beyond it, some nondescript buildings and in the distance, mountains.
Housing

Inside the Colorado Town Where Public Camping Is Considered Workforce Housing

To help ease the burden of finding affordable housing, officials in Buena Vista say businesses can allow employees to live on their property—but only temporarily.

In a large, high-ceilinged room like a community center, a Black woman in a reddish shirt is handing bedding (gray and pink blankets or covers) to a Black man in a light green T-shirt. Behind them is a second woman, dark-haired and wearing a blue shirt.
Homelessness

How Trump’s HUD Budget Proposal Would Harm Homelessness Response

Experts say the change to the HUD budget would make it more difficult to identify people who are homeless and connect them with services, and to prevent homelessness.

Health

A Place to Recover from Illness: How Medical Respite Programs Help Unhoused People Heal

For people experiencing homelessness, recuperating after a hospitalization is difficult. Medical respite programs can help. Why aren’t they more common?