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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
Weighing the options: Service user perspectives on homeless outreach services
SAGE
Year: 2021
On a single night in 2018, over 194,000 individuals experienced unsheltered homelessness across the United States. Homeless outreach programs are often a first point of contact for these individuals, providing essential services, including connecting them to emergency shelter. Guided by … Continue reading
Policing Homelessness: A review of the literature on policing policies that target homelessness and best practices for improving outcomes
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
On Thursday, July 29th 2021, Los Angeles (LA) Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law an ordinance amending Section 41.18 of the Los Angeles Municipal code. The series of amendments, proposed by LA City Council, reinstates prohibitions to “sit, lie, sleep, … Continue reading
Tax credit changes and expansions in the American Rescue Plan to address childhood poverty amid COVID-19
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) combined lifted 5.5 million children out of poverty each year, more than any other program. The COVID-19 pandemic has created economic hardships that place … Continue reading
Social Investment in Ending Homelessness
European Journal of Homelessness
Year: 2021
Throughout the world, homelessness is recognised as a grand challenge. 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 been activated to test … Continue reading
Who Are the Homeless? Centering Anti-Black Racism and the Consequences of Colorblind Homeless Policies
Social Sciences
Year: 2021
Since first becoming a major social issue in the 1980s, homelessness has been a racialized problem in the United States. Its disproportionate impact on Black Americans is primarily driven by structural racism and the limited housing and employment opportunities for … Continue reading
The Effects of Project Labor Agreements on the Production of Affordable Housing
RAND Corporation
Year: 2021
Proposition HHH is a $1.2 billion bond earmarked for the development of up to 10,000 units of affordable and permanent supportive housing aimed at addressing chronic homelessness in Los Angeles. As of May 2021, with virtually all funding committed, approximately … Continue reading
An examination of housing interventions among youth experiencing homelessness: an investigation into racial/ethnic and sexual minority status
Journal of Public Health
Year: 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore main and interaction effects of minority and multiple minority statuses on exits from homelessness and the stability of homelessness exits over time. With respect to housing exits and exit stability, Black and … Continue reading
Mobilizing a Community-Academic Partnership to Provide DIY Handwashing Stations to Skid Row Residents During COVID-19
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
People experiencing homelessness are disproportionately more likely to have pre-existing health conditions and lack access to sanitary practices, such as handwashing, than housed people. These disparities make people experiencing homelessness more vulnerable to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Los Angeles’s Skid Row … Continue reading
Preventing Homelessness: Evidence-Based Methods to Screen Adults and Families at Risk of Homelessness in Los Angeles
California Policy Lab
Year: 2021
The overall homeless population in Los Angeles County continues to grow as inflows into homelessness outpace exits to housing. The key to preventing homelessness is to ensure scarce prevention resources are going to people who will become homeless without those … Continue reading