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The need for outreach to people living unsheltered multiplied, accompanied by COVID-related funding that brought many new outreach personnel into the workforce. Simultaneous to this increase in unsheltered homelessness has been a growing need for…

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Very brief national overview of public housing history.

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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,…

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Racial equity framework with recommendations.

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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…

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In this learning brief, Community Solutions explores the existing evidence on racial disparities in rental debt, and how homeless response leaders might tackle or consider rental debt in their strategies to prevent or reduce homelessness.

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Webpage, flowchart, and video intended as a starting point for thinking about where biases and racial inequity might occur in the coordinated entry system.

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This webpage hosts a flowchart intended as a starting place for providers to examine racial equity in their emergency shelter, as well as a video detailing how to use the flowchart.

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This is a page hosted by the National Alliance to End Homelessness that lists many different resources on racial equity in the homelessness services system.

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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,…

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Review of quantitative and qualitative descriptions of racial inequities in homelessness and housing access; legal and procedural justice factors involved. Created on behalf of UN-initiated broader human rights audit of US policy and practice,…

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People of color or mixed race account for more than half of all people experiencing homelessness, despite comprising less than a quarter of the total population in the United States. What are the primary drivers of this severe racial concentration of…

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This document provides details on using the performance benchmarks detailed in the Rapid Re-Housing Performance Benchmarks and Program Standards to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of rapid re-housing practice, both in individual programs and…

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HUD definition of rapid rehousing

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HUD guide to rapid re-housing.

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Rapid re-housing has become a large component of the response to homelessness in communities across the country. To date, no studies have found anything conclusive on variations in outcomes resulting from differences in program implementation or…

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Tips for successfully executing rapid rehousing in high cost, low vacancy communities.

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This toolkit is intended to help current and potential Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) providers design, redesign, and operate effective programs that successfully use the core components of RRH to end homelessness for individuals and families.

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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…

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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.

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