Charting Homelessness

The Western Regional Advocacy Project has released a new illustrated report on the cause of homelessness in the U.S. today:

The report, Without Housing: Decades of Federal Housing Cutbacks, Massive Homelessness and Policy Failures, documents the root cause of homelessness ’Äì the gutting of the federal housing budget ’Äì through art and words. The report is being distributed throughout the U.S. with the goal of changing the debate on homelessness from its current focus (the personal defects of ’Äúchronically homeless’Äù people) to a focus on federal housing policy.

The report features many powerful charts and graphs, including four that have been illustrated by artists Art Hazelwood, Jos Sances, Claude Moller, and Ed Gould, all of which can be seen and downloaded in lo and hi-res formats, or purchased as prints.

You can also download the entire report here (PDF).

Thanks Judy from Graphic Witness!