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A Place to Be: Alternatives to Unsanctioned Homeless Encampments

The breadth and depth of this report, while necessary for a meaningful analysis of the alternatives to Oakland’s unsanctioned encampment procedure, likely poses a challenge for those who are interested in a brief overview of the issue. The report is…

Tags: encampments-- housing first-- Oakland CA-- policy-- unsheltered homelessness

Healthy Parents, Healthy Babies

Recommendations developed by people with lived experience of homelessness and extreme housing instability when pregnant focusing on how to improve birth, health, housing, and other outcomes for pregnant people, parents, and their children.

Tags: children-- family homelessness-- pregnancy-- youth

Supportive Housing for Young People Formerly in Foster Care

Policymakers have long recognized the unique challenges young people aging out of foster care may face as they transition to adulthood. A central challenge is securing viable housing options for young adults that are both developmentally appropriate…

Tags: children-- foster care-- program scan-- PSH-- youth

Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives Experiencing Homelessness in California: Strategies for Addressing Housing Insecurities and Substance Use Disorder

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) funded the USC Keck School of Medicine, a Tribal Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Project partner, to lead a unique opportunity to conduct a statewide needs assessment among urban and rural…

Tags: California-- culturally specific care-- healthcare-- implementation-- native american/alaska native/indigenous-- substance use disorder

Exploring Homelessness Among People Living in Encampments and Associated Cost: City Approaches to Encampments and What They Cost

This is the final report of a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Exploring Homelessness Among People Living in Encampments and Associated Costs.…

Tags: Chicago IL-- cost-- encampments-- Houston TX-- San Jose CA-- Tacoma WA-- unsheltered homelessness

Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities

A new report from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute analyzes 2018 data from the Vulnerability Index Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool to examine the different ways in which older adults exit homelessness; identify…

Tags: older adults and seniors-- racial disparities

Impact of Hotels as Non Congregate Emergency Shelters

This study used a mixed methods approach to understand the effects and outcomes on individuals who were moved to non-congregate hotel settings, and the research team worked closely with provider agencies to complete the study. The findings establish…

Tags: COVID-19-- emergency shelter-- hotel shelter-- King County WA-- mixed methods-- motel shelter

Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness and Community Responses: Emerging Evidence as of Late 2018

This paper documents what is known about homeless encampments as of late 2018, based on a review of the limited literature produced thus far by academic and research institutions and public agencies, supplemented by interviews with key informants.…

Tags: community response-- encampments-- literature review-- unsheltered homelessness

Homeless Services Governance: A Comparison of Local Government Coordination and Service Provision Efforts in Four Continua of Care

This resource compares homeless service structures by looking at case-studies in NYC, Houston, Seattle and LA, examining their framework and approach. It also discusses race equity structures and lived experience governance.

Tags: case study-- CoC-- government-- Houston TX-- Los Angeles County CA-- New York City NY-- racial disparities-- Seattle, WA

Inequity in the Permanent Supportive Housing System in Los Angeles: Scale, Scope and Reasons for Black Residents’ Returns to Homelessness

This policy report examines why Black residents of PSH in LA returned to homelessness more often than white residents of PSH. The authors address obstacles in (1) enrollment in PSH and the search for housing, (2) encountered while housed, and (3)…

Tags: eviction-- Los Angeles CA-- policy-- PSH-- racial disparities

Preference Assessment of Temporary Shelter/Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness.

Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, homelessness was a massive social crisis, starkly manifesting racial disparities in housing and health. With an unprecedented public health emergency now at hand, it is crucial that cities figure out how to more…

Tags: COVID-19-- data-- emergency shelter-- Portland OR-- Street Roots-- survey

The Evidence is Clear: Housing First Works

Fact sheet, provides easily digestible evidence of the benefits of housing first over treatment first or abstinence programs, across a variety of indicators.

Tags: advocacy-- housing first

Permanent Supportive Housing With Housing First to Reduce Homelessness and Promote Health Among Homeless Populations With Disability: A Community Guide Systematic Review

Objectives: A standard approach to treating homeless persons with a disability is called Treatment First, requiring clients be “housing ready”—that is, in psychiatric treatment and substance-free—before and while receiving permanent housing. A more…

Tags: disability-- health-- HIV/AIDS-- housing first-- mental illness-- open access-- PSH-- review-- scholarly-- substance use disorder

Housing not Handcuffs 2019: Ending the Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities.

This report provides an overview of laws in effect across the country that punish homelessness. They examined the city codes of 187 urban and rural cities across the country. In addition to the survey of policies in force across the country, this…

Tags: cost-- criminalization of homelessness-- policy

Housing First, But What Comes Second? A Qualitative Study Of Resident, Staff And Management Perspectives On Single-Site Housing First Program Enhancement

Single-site Housing First (HF) is associated with reduced publicly funded service utilization and costs and alcohol-related harm for chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems. Many residents,however, continue to experience…

Tags: housing first-- qualitative-- scholarly-- Seattle WA-- single-site-- substance use disorder

Outcomes in Single-site and Scattered-site Permanent Supportive Housing

Reviews outcomes from a various studies to determine relative advantages of scattered site or single site PSH for families, individuals with SUD, women, and those with HIV/AIDS.

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

Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis

Objectives. We examined the longitudinal effects of a Housing First program for homeless, mentally ill individuals’ on those individuals’ consumer choice, housing stability, substance use, treatment utilization, and psychiatric symptoms. Methods. Two…

Tags: housing first-- open access-- pathways to housing-- PSH-- randomized control trial-- scholarly-- supportive housing

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