Friday news roundup 10/11/13

MetroTrends: How the shutdown affects poor women and children

NHC: Solving homelessness means putting housing first

NeighborWorks News: Avesta’s housing-first model for homeless defies common practice: it works!

Next City: No job? Get stuck with bad credit. Have bad credit? Sorry, you can’t get a job

Off the Charts: Why isn’t poverty falling? Blame a too-quick retreat on unemployment benefits

Off the Charts: Why the shutdown needs to end

Rooflines: What the shutdown reveals about U.S. housing priorities

Trulia (via Planetizen): Where can America’s middle class afford to live?

WacoTrib (via NeighborWorks News): Waco marks 20 years of home ownership help