Economic Roundtable
Year: 2021
COVID-driven loss of jobs and employment income will cause the number of homeless workers to increase each year through 2023. Without large-scale, government employment programs the Pandemic Recession is projected to cause twice as much homelessness as the 2008 Great … Continue reading
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2022
Struggling workers are either everyone’s responsibility now or everyone’s problem later. When poorly paid workers become jobless at the thin edge of the job market and then unable to pay rent, homeless destitution follows. In fact, we are equipped with … Continue reading
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2024
The most common reason unhoused individuals give for why they do not have a place of their own to live is unemployment and lack of income. Homelessness, according to those with lived experience, is primarily a problem of income. Building … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2025
The homelessness services sector is facing a quiet but urgent crisis. Not only for people experiencing homelessness, but also for the frontline workforce facing unmanageable caseloads, burnout, and fragmentation. This op-ed introduces HPRI’s new framework for flourishing, a person-centered approach … Continue reading