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Estimated Revenue of the Nonprofit Homeless Shelter “Industry” in the United States: Implications for a More Comprehensive Approach to Unmet Shelter Demand
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2021
This study merged data from the 2015 Housing Inventory Count, a list of temporary housing programs serving homeless persons nationally, and the Internal Revenue Service Form 990 tax filings for nonprofit organizations that same year. Matching records were used to … Continue reading
Addressing Disaster Vulnerability among Homeless Populations during COVID-19
The National Academies Press
Year: 2021
Reducing disaster vulnerability for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic requires adapting existing preparedness guidance to an evolving situation. This rapid expert consultation reviews research on disaster vulnerability, homelessness, the COVID-19 pandemic, and intersecting hazards and disasters. It includes … Continue reading
Inflection Points in Community-Level Homeless Rates
The Annals of Applied Statistics
Year: 2021
Statistical models of community-level homeless rates typically assume a linear relationship to covariates. This linear model assumption precludes the possibility of inflection points in homeless rates—thresholds in quantifiable metrics of a community that, once breached, are associated with large increases … Continue reading
Article Understanding Low-Income Hispanic Housing Challenges and the Use of Housing and Homelessness Assistance
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research
Year: 2021
Many Hispanic households in the United States face poor housing conditions, high rent burdens, overcrowding, and—in some communities—high rates of homelessness. At the same time, awareness is growing that Hispanics are often underrepresented in housing and homelessness assistance programs relative … Continue reading
Social Investment in Ending Homelessness
European Journal of Homelessness
Year: 2021
Throughout the world, homelessness is recognised as a grand challenge (Padgett et al., 2016). As such, innovations in policy and practice are required to address that challenge. To that end, social investment from both the public and philanthropic sectors have … Continue reading
Development of a Homelessness Risk Screening Tool for Emergency Department Patients
Health Services Research
Year: 2021
Objective: To develop a screening tool to identify emergency department (ED) patients at risk of entering a homeless shelter, which could inform targeting of interventions to prevent future homelessness episodes. Data sources: Linked data from (1) ED patient baseline questionnaires … Continue reading
Traumatic Stress and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature for Practitioners
Clinical Social Work Journal
Year: 2021
A growing body of evidence connects traumatic stress and homelessness, which illustrates the importance of trauma and-resiliency-informed care (TIC) to appropriately serve persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). This paper reviews the literature on traumatic stress, including the biology of trauma as … Continue reading
Inequity in the Permanent Supportive Housing System in Los Angeles: Scale, Scope and Reasons for Black Residents’ Returns to Homelessness
California Policy Lab
Year: 2021
In Los Angeles County, Black people represent 9% of the general population yet comprise 40% of the homeless population. In its 2018 groundbreaking report, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Ad Hoc Committee on Black People with Lived Experience of Homelessness … Continue reading
Locked Out Unemployment and Homelessness in the COVID Economy
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2021
COVID-driven loss of jobs and employment income will cause the number of homeless workers to increase each year through 2023. Without large-scale, government employment programs the Pandemic Recession is projected to cause twice as much homelessness as the 2008 Great … Continue reading
Addressing COVID-19 and Homelessness at a Large Federally Qualified Health Center
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on public health around the world, and has been especially devastating for vulnerable populations, including persons experiencing homelessness. This research brief summarizes the findings of a research project led by Dr. Melissa … Continue reading