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Using a community-based participatory research approach to evaluate resident predictors of involuntary exit from permanent supportive housing

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine an association between resident characteristics at time of entry to permanent supportive housing and exit status.
Methods: A community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach was the guiding…

Tags: community research-- eviction-- Nashville TN-- PSH-- racial disparities-- scholarly

‘No brokers to move out of here’: A mixed method analysis of the impact of homelessness policy and shelter governance on families residing in NYC shelters

Homelessness in the United States has been increasing at an exponential rate over the past three decades, and the US has not experienced the current level of homelessness since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. With this rise in homelessness has…

Tags: emergency shelter-- family homelessness-- New York City NY-- open access-- policy-- scholarly-- shelter governance

Community in Property: Lessons from Tiny Homes Villages

This resource describes tiny homes in the U.S. and stewardship as a housing tenure or property relation that affords unhoused people access to land and space through co-management for individual and mutual benefit. The stewardship and co-management…

Tags: law-- policy-- scholarly-- tiny house-- village shelter

Combatting homelessness in Canada: Applying lessons learned from six tiny villages to the Edmonton Bridge Healing Program

Emerging evidence shows that homelessness continues to be a chronic public health problem throughout Canada. The Bridge Healing Program has been proposed in Edmonton, Alberta, as a novel approach to combat homelessness by using hospital emergency…

Tags: Canada-- healthcare-- open access-- scholarly-- tiny house-- transitional housing-- village shelter

Racial discrimination in the life course of older adults experiencing homelessness: results from the HOPE HOME study

Over 2.5 million people experience homelessness yearly in the United States. Black persons are overrepresented by three-fold among those experiencing homelessness but little research has examined the relationship between race and homelessness. We…

Tags: Oakland CA-- older adults-- open access-- racial disparities-- scholarly-- structural disparities

How to House the Homeless

Collection of essays/articles about homelessness; range of topics including preventing homelessness, serving people experiencing homelessness, reforms and policy.

Tags: book-- cost-- housing first-- policy-- scholarly

Racial Inequity and Homelessness: Findings from the SPARC Study

This study examines racial inequities and homelessness in the United States through mixed methods research in eight communities. We compare the race and ethnicity of those experiencing homelessness to the general population and to people in poverty,…

Tags: mixed methods-- open access-- racial disparities-- scholarly-- SPARC

Housing Matters, Services Might: Findings from the High Needs Families Program Evaluation

Permanent supportive housing for families experiencing homelessness—typically, subsidized housing that is not time limited and provides access to a range of support services—has substantially increased over the past 10 years, despite an absence of…

Tags: children-- family homelessness-- open access-- PSH-- scholarly-- supportive housing

Housing First and Single-Site Housing

In 2002, the United States embraced the Housing First approach, which led to the widespread adoption of this approach in cities across the nation. This resulted in programmatic variations of Housing First and calls for clarity about the Housing First…

Tags: housing first-- model fidelity-- open access-- qualitative-- scattered-site-- scholarly-- single-site

A Randomized Trial Examining Housing First in Congregate and Scattered Site Formats

Objective: No previous experimental trials have investigated Housing First (HF) in both scattered site (SHF) and congregate (CHF) formats. We hypothesized that CHF and SHF would be associated with a greater percentage of time stably housed as well as…

Tags: housing first-- open access-- randomized control trial-- scattered-site-- scholarly-- single-site

Permanent Supportive Housing: Evaluating the Evidence for Improving Health Outcomes Among People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness

Report from "Committee on an Evaluation of Permanent Supportive Housing Programs for Homeless Individuals."

Tags: health-- mental illness-- PSH-- review-- scholarly

Supportive housing program for homeless families: Foster care outcomes and best practices

Purpose: This study is an outcome evaluation of Cottage Housing Incorporated's Serna Village Program (CHI), a supportive housing program serving homeless families in Sacramento, California.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study examined a sample of…

Tags: children-- family homelessness-- foster care-- Sacramento CA-- scholarly-- supportive housing

Fidelity to the Housing First Model and Variation in Health Service Use Within Permanent Supportive Housing

Objective: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) programs are being implemented throughout the United States. This study examined the relationship between fidelity to the Housing First model and health service use among clients in PSH programs in…

Tags: healthcare-- housing first-- model fidelity-- scholarly

Permanent Supportive Housing With Housing First: Findings From a Community Guide Systematic Economic Review

Introduction: The annual economic burden of chronic homelessness in the U.S. is estimated to be as high as $3.4 billion. The Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First (Housing First) program, implemented to address the problem, has been shown…

Tags: cost-- economic review-- housing first-- PSH-- scholarly

Housing First: The Pathways Model to End Homelessness for People With Mental Illness and Addiction

This manual explains phf practices in detail, including staffing patterns, finances, and operations. By laying bare the program, we hope that administrators, advocates, policy makers, educators, and others may find it useful for implementing (or…

Tags: housing first-- implementation-- pathways to housing-- PSH-- scholarly

Housing Programs for Homeless Individuals With Mental Illness: Effects on Housing and Mental Health Outcomes

This systematic review analyzed the best available research in the United States on permanent supportive housing programs for homeless individuals with mental illness and the effect of these programs on housing status and mental health. It updates…

Tags: health-- mental illness-- PSH-- scholarly-- systemic review

Housing and Urban Development–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers and Veterans’ Homelessness, 2007–2017

Objectives. To determine what role the 88 000 Housing and Urban Development–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers for permanent supportive housing among US veterans distributed between 2008 and 2017 played in the significant fall in…

Tags: HUD-- panel study-- PSH-- scholarly-- supportive housing-- veterans

Pathways to Housing: Supported Housing for Street-Dwelling Homeless Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

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This study examined the effectiveness of the Pathways to Housing supported housing program over a five-year period. Unlike most housing programs that offer services in a linear, step-by-step continuum, the Pathways program in New York City provides…

Tags: comparative study-- housing first-- New York City NY-- pathways to housing-- PSH-- scholarly-- supportive housing

The housing first model (HFM) fidelity index: designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users

The Housing First Model (HFM) is an approach to serving formerly homeless individuals with dually diagnosed mental health and substance use disorders regardless of their choice to use substances or engage in other risky behaviors. The model has been…

Tags: housing first-- implementation-- model fidelity-- open access-- pathways to housing-- scholarly

Persistent Disparities: Trends in Rates of Sheltered Homelessness Across Demographic Subgroups in the USA

Novel methodology for estimating demographics of shelter-accessing populations – HUD aggregate data over year and over nation, derived from Annual Homeless Assessment Report (as opposed to PIT data.) Pertinent results: racial disparities in…

Tags: data-- HUD-- racial disparities-- scholarly

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