Economic Roundtable
Year: 2018
We can’t navigate without a map. If we can’t see the whole picture of homelessness, we can’t begin to solve the problem. This meta-analysis brings together 26 point-in-time data sets to provide a single panoramic description of people without homes … Continue reading
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2018
In this report we introduce a model-based framework for estimating the number of people who experience homelessness in Los Angeles over the course of a year based on point-in-time data. We refer to this as the annualized estimated of the … Continue reading
Urban Institute: Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center
Year: 2018
As affordable housing vanishes, many jurisdictions are facing increasing homelessness Alameda County, California, saw a substantial increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness between 2015 and 2017, driven largely by an increase in the number of unsheltered people. Alameda … Continue reading
Health Promotion Practice
Year: 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a devastating impact on global health. In the United States and abroad, there is concern for how the novel coronavirus will affect vulnerable populations, including people experiencing homelessness. Individuals who lack stable housing are … Continue reading
10th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
Year: 2021
This case study describes the co-design of Charge ‘n Chill, a charging cart serving houseless residents of Skid Row. This project brought together community activists, Skid Row residents, and university researchers over the course of an 8-week intensive codesign workshop … Continue reading
Center For Homeless Inquiries
Year: 2021
Safe parking programs are designed to provide a safe place for people sheltering in their vehicles to park without risk of a citation. Safe parking programs offer several on-site services, including restrooms, handwashing stations, charging stations, and case management services. … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
People experiencing homelessness are disproportionately more likely to have pre-existing health conditions and lack access to sanitary practices, such as handwashing, than housed people. These disparities make people experiencing homelessness more vulnerable to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Los Angeles’s Skid Row … Continue reading
SAGE
Year: 2021
On a single night in 2018, over 194,000 individuals experienced unsheltered homelessness across the United States. Homeless outreach programs are often a first point of contact for these individuals, providing essential services, including connecting them to emergency shelter. Guided by … Continue reading
ScienceDirect: Evaluation and Program Planning
Year: 2019
Despite a legally-mandated right to shelter and extensive outreach efforts, an estimated 3,675 homeless individuals were living on the streets of New York City in 2018. Through interviews with 43 unsheltered homeless individuals in the borough of Manhattan (age range … Continue reading
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2020
Overview of Data: Seventy-four files from homeless street counts, demographic surveys of unsheltered individuals, and intake data for shelter residents, along with supporting documentation are available in this data library. These open source, de-identified person records provided by the Los … Continue reading