National Homelessness Law Center
Year: 2023
In the United States (“U.S.”), homelessness is deeply intertwined with racism. As such, the criminalization of homelessness is fundamentally a racial issue. Despite only constituting approximately 12% of the general population in the U.S., Black people account for 37% of … Continue reading
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Year: 2022
Housing may be at once the most powerful and underused tool at our disposal to improve population health. Using examples from the USA, we argue that current levels of housing insecurity are the result of clear and inequitable policy choices, … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2023
The merits of permanent supportive housing (PSH) initiatives as a first resort have been evaluated in a multitude of modern studies and reviews. Various outcomes, including housing stability and cost savings, have been tested and analyzed. Cost savings literature for … Continue reading
Critical Social Work
Year: 2022
The declining prominence of anti-racist practice in social work education is a cause for concern in a profession premised upon pursuing social justice and serving humanity. This need calls for a revival of anti-racism education within the curriculum of social … Continue reading
Sociology Mind
Year: 2019
Racial disparities in social, education and health services continue unabated despite efforts to address them. At the margins of the service delivery system are lesser-known and minimally researched programs known as “culturally specific organizations” that have been developed by and … Continue reading
Urban Education
Year: 2010
This article examines a half century of housing and school segregation data in two large California school districts. Based on a review of both the methods and the substantive data available tracking the relationship between school and housing integration, the … Continue reading
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Year: 2021
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, and we also … Continue reading
American Journal of Community Psychology
Year: 2023
Structural racism contributes to homelessness in the United States, as evidenced by the stark racial disparities in who experiences it. This paper reviews research at the intersections of race and homelessness to advance efforts to understand and address racial inequities. … Continue reading
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at University of California Berkeley
Year: 2023
California’s homelessness and housing crisis is complex, and the scale of the crisis has continued to grow. Data collected in early 2022 show that homelessness in California grew by six percent since 2020—an increase of almost 10,000 people. This brief … Continue reading
California Interagency Council on Homelessness
Year: 2021
Cal ICH partnered with the Terner Center for Housing Innovation and Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, and Abt Associates, to answer the statutory questions laid out in … Continue reading