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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

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

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 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

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

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

‘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

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

Permanent Supportive Housing: Assessing the Evidence

Objectives:Permanent supportive housing provides safe, stable housing for people with mental and substance use disorders who are homeless or disabled. This article describes permanent supportive housing and reviews research.
Methods:Authors reviewed…

Tags: advocacy-- PSH-- review-- scholarly

Race and retention in permanent supportive housing: a secondary analysis of housing outcomes

Despite the overrepresentation of People of Color among people experiencing homelessness and ongoing housing discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities, research has paid scant attention to the intersections of race and homelessness,…

Tags: PSH-- racial equity-- scholarly-- veterans

Smoke-Free or Not: Attitudes Toward Indoor Smoke-Free Policies Among Permanent Supportive Housing Residents

Purpose:Interventions for tobacco dependence are most effective when combined with smoke-free policies, yet such policies are rare in permanent supportive housing (PSH) for formerly homeless adults. We aimed to provide in-depth analysis of attitudes…

Tags: California-- healthcare-- PSH-- scholarly-- substance use disorder

Safe Rest Villages Program Overview

Overview of Safe Rest Villages including what they are, why they are needed, how they work, where they are located, who is responsible for what, and how they are funded.

Tags: Portland OR-- Safe Rest Village-- tiny house-- village shelter

Permanent Supportive Housing

National Alliance to End Homelessness definition of PSH.

Tags: definition-- PSH

By-Name Data

Definition and argument in favor of using by-name data

Tags: by-name list-- definition

Continuum of Care (COC) Program

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and…

Tags: CoC-- definition-- HUD

Rapid Re-Housing Works

NAEH webpage that provides easy to understand definitions of rapid rehousing and its constitutive services (includes infographics), evidence that suggests rapid rehousing works, and more advanced guidance for practitioners.

Tags: definition-- implementation-- rapid rehousing-- video

Rapid Re-Housing Training Module: Housing Barriers Assessment

The Alliance has developed a series of 10 to 15-minute modules on the key elements of rapid re-housing. Each of these modules succinctly shares best practices from successful rapid re-housing programs and breaks down the basic elements of each…

Tags: implementation-- rapid rehousing-- training-- video

Rapid Re-Housing Brief

HUD guide to rapid re-housing.

Tags: HUD-- rapid rehousing

HUD's Definition of Homelessness: Resources and Guidance

This listserv reviews existing resources related to HUD’s definition of homelessness and provides important reminders when documenting someone’s homeless status. Additionally, it announces the availability of a new resource to help intake workers…

Tags: definition-- homelessness-- HUD

FY 2024 HMIS Data Standards Manual

A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is the information system designated by a local Continuum of Care (CoC) to comply with the requirements of CoC Program interim rule 24 CFR 578. It is a locally implemented data system used to record and…

Tags: data-- HMIS-- HUD

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