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Policies to Reduce and Prevent Homelessness: What We Know and Gaps in the Research
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
Homelessness, which is both an outcome and a cause of poverty, is on the rise across the country, particularly in large cities like New York and Los Angeles. There are now an estimated 500,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given … Continue reading
Defining Homelessness
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
To discuss solutions to reduce and prevent homelessness, researchers, policymakers, and service providers must define the circumstances in which someone is considered homeless. The current definitions of homelessness vary depending on which agency defines the problem. Specifically, homelessness definitions in … Continue reading
Housing Choice Voucher Discrimination
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
The Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) Program, formerly known as Section 8, is the federal government’s most extensive housing subsidy program. Across the country, the program subsidizes the cost of housing for over two-million low-income families, individuals with disabilities, and older … Continue reading
‘They already operated like it was a crisis, because it always has been a crisis’: a qualitative exploration of the response of one homeless service in Scotland to the COVID-19 pandemic
Harm Reduction Journal
Year: 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated unprecedented changes in the way that services are delivered to individuals experiencing homelessness and problem substance use. Protecting those at high risk of infection/transmission, whilst addressing the multiple health and social needs of this group, … Continue reading
Housing Outcomes for Homeless Individuals in Street Outreach Compared to Shelter
Journal of Poverty
Year: 2021
Outreach is a core component of homelessness policy, but its effectiveness at housing individuals has been understudied. Employing administrative data, this paper compares the outcomes of outreach clients to those who initially enter shelters. It finds that outreach clients compared … Continue reading
Experiences of Being Housed in a London Hotel as part of the ‘Everyone In’ Initiative
National Addiction Centre, King’s College London
Year: 2021
During the spring of 2020, the UK Government implemented a ground-breaking policy initiative (the ‘Everyone In’ initiative) to provide temporary accommodation for everyone experiencing rough sleeping and a range of other forms of homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary … Continue reading
Evaluation of the Family Homelessness Systems Initiative: Examining the Effects of Systems Reform on 18-Month Housing Stability and Related Outcomes
Westat
Year: 2021
The Family Homelessness Systems Initiative, developed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, provided a decade of funding and support to three counties in the Pacific Northwest, beginning in 2009, to reform their homeless housing and service delivery systems for … Continue reading
The Unseen and Unsupported Students in Charter Schools
UCLA Black Male Institute
Year: 2021
Charter schools in Los Angeles County serve over 252,000 students. In the 2018-2019 school year, 4,429 of those students were identified as experiencing homelessness. This brief report offers an analysis of countywide data on charter school students experiencing homelessness.
American Indian and Alaska Native Homelessness
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
Los Angeles County has a larger American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) population than any other county in the United States (165,513). The county also sits on the traditional homeland of three AIAN tribes: Fernandeno Tataviam, Tongva, and Chumash. However, the AIAN … Continue reading
Latinx Homelessness in Los Angeles
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2020
Latinx people experiencing homelessness, a rapidly growing population, accounted for 36% of the homeless population in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care in 2019. Due to a unique combination of challenges, including language barriers, culturally rooted stigmas, a lack of … Continue reading