This brochure from NCHE provides information on how children and youth whose families have lost their home to foreclosure may qualify for services under the McKinney-Vento Act.
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This poster from NCHE provides information on how children and youth whose families have lost their home to foreclosure may qualify for services under the McKinney-Vento Act.

This article appeared in the January 2009 edition (Vol. 56, No. 5) of NewsLeader, the award-winning newspaper published by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). This timely article explores the spillover effects of the U.S. economic crisis into our nation's public schools and suggests ways that principals can take the lead in supporting the education of students experiencing homelessness. The article includes comments from NCHE Director, Diana Bowman.
Posted with NASSP permission; copyright 2009 National Association of Secondary School Principals; for more information on NASSP products and services to promote excellence in middle level and high school leadership, visit http://www.principals.org.

Foreclosure-Response.org is an online guide to foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization developed and maintained by the Center for Housing Policy, KnowledgePlex, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Urban Institute. The site includes easily accessible information on a broad range of state and local policy solutions, as well as tools to create customized data reports and maps and participate in interactive online discussions.

Largely due to the economic and housing crises, many school districts across the country report increases in the number of homeless students in the classroom. The Economic Crisis Hits Home presents the results of a survey of local homeless education liaisons conducted by the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) and First Focus between October 24 and December 10, 2008. Based on these findings, the report also presents policy recommendations for the new Administration and Congress, as well as practice recommendations for schools and community agencies.

This July 2008 brief from the Partnership for America's Economic Success discusses the effects of the recent mortgage and foreclosure crisis on young children. The brief provides statistics on the affordability crisis and supports the essential nature of a stable, healthy, safe residence for a young child's growth.

This May 2009 report from The Urban Institute prevents the results of a literature review on the foreclosure crisis that is now affecting the United States. The report reviews what is known currently about (1) the way foreclosures impact families; (2) how foreclosures affect communities; and (3) the efforts now underway, or being suggested, to address the crisis, focusing on actions at the local level. The report also offers recommendations on priorities for additional research to fill important gaps in the knowledge base.
*Related Publication: The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities: A Primer

This Spring 2008 brief from First Focus discusses the effects of the U.S. mortgage and foreclosure crisis on school-aged children and their education. Useful statistics related to mobility and school achievement, an overview of the effects of mobility on children's behavior and health, and policy recommendations are included.

This webpage from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) provides basic information and advocacy tools related to The Protecting Tenants in Foreclosure Act, which gives renters protections under federal law should the property they are renting go into foreclosure. Under this law, all tenants must get a 90-day notice before being evicted as a result of foreclosure. In addition (with some exceptions), tenants that have leases can continue to live in their homes until the end of the term of their lease.