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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

Supportive Housing Helps Vulnerable People Live and Thrive in the Community

Report that covers a lot of ground. Large repository of evidence in favor of supportive housing, includes specific suggestions for how to scale up supportive housing, includes table of federal funding for supportive housing services.

Tags: cost-- funding-- policy-- supportive housing

CSH Literature Review of Supportive Housing: By Study

Review of the results of 18 studies on supportive housing, reports results in areas such as shelter, healthcare, mental health, criminal justice, quality of life.

Tags: literature review-- PSH-- supportive housing

Housing First Checklist: Assessing Projects and Systems for a Housing First Orientation

Checklist of characteristics a program should have to be considered "housing first", intended as a tool to be used by those administering programs.

Tags: housing first-- implementation

FAQ’s about Supportive Housing Research: Is Supportive Housing Cost Effective?

FAQ answering whether supportive housing is cost effective (more expensive than a traditional shelter system).

Tags: advocacy-- cost-- PSH-- supportive housing

Standards for Quality Supportive Housing Guide

28 pg guidebook that attempts to describe standards for quality supportive housing across four components: project planning and administration, property and housing management, supportive housing services, community.

Tags: implementation-- PSH-- supportive housing

Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing

Explains the key characteristics of housing first, as applied to PSH models.

Tags: housing first-- PSH

Multnomah County FUSE Report

FUSE is a signature initiative of CSH that helps communities break the cycle of homelessness and crises among individuals with complex medical and behavioral health challenges. These individuals have frequent touches with emergency departments,…

Tags: cross-system collaboration-- FUSE-- Multnomah County OR-- PSH

Factsheet: Racial Justice in Housing and Homelessness in the United States; "Shadow Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) For the United States Review"

Factsheet summary of UID 1007, an extended narrative report. Review of: quantitative and qualitative descriptions of racial inequities in homelessness and housing access; legal and procedural justice factors involved. (Description taken from key…

Tags: criminalization of homelessness-- policy-- racial disparities

Food, shelter, hope: Examining the possibilities of agricultural tiny home communities for the homeless

This article discusses the unique but often concurrent issues of homelessness and food insecurity in America and considers how agricultural tiny home communities could be developed to address these problems. Examples of existing tiny home communities…

Tags: open access-- scholarly-- tiny house-- village shelter

Tackling homelessness with tiny houses: An inventory of tiny house villages in the United States

Across the United States, tiny house villages are increasingly appearing as a method of addressing homelessness. There has been no formal or sustained effort to document tiny house villages for the homeless, however. This research involves the…

Tags: data-- scholarly-- tiny house-- village shelter

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