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The Work behind Work: Combatting Homelessness with Jobs
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
Breaking Cycles of Homelessness: Achieving Stability
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2024
The cycle of homelessness is a nesting crisis not only in Los Angeles but across the state and country. Even when those who are unhoused get connected to housing or supportive services, some will experience homelessness again. In California, of … Continue reading
Tenant Protections
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2024
Residential evictions create lasting injury to both displaced tenants and their communities. In addition to causing severe housing insecurity, evictions negatively impact the employment, educational, and physical and mental health of the people displaced, a majority of whom are Black … Continue reading
Workforce Re-Entry Barriers for Black Angelenos with Lived-Experience of Homelessness
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2024
Black Angelenos experiencing homelessness face additional barriers compared to White Angelenos in education, employment, healthcare, the criminal justice system, and housing opportunities. The inequitable access to social services and the prominence of racial discrimination are significant factors in the inadequacy … Continue reading
The American Guaranteed Income Studies: City of Los Angeles BIG:LEAP
Center for Guaranteed Income Research
Year: 2024
In October 2021, former Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot (BIG:LEAP) program, providing $1,000 per month in unconditional cash payments for 12 months to over 3,200 households living in deep poverty within Los … Continue reading
Denver Basic Income Project Year One Qualitative Evaluation Report
Denver Basic Income Project
Year: 2024
Denver Basic Income Project(DBIP) is a 12-month guaranteed income project designed for 820 adults experiencing homelessness in Denver, Colorado. In October 2022, eligible DBIP applicants were randomly assigned to one of three payment groups: Qualitative Research Objectives Per DBIP research … Continue reading
Denver Basic Income Project Year One Evaluation Report
Denver Basic Income Project
Year: 2024
Guaranteed income initiatives provide unconditional cash to individuals and families and is often used to address issues related to poverty with the understanding that people know best how to meet their own needs. The Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP) is … Continue reading
Discrimination and Violence Against People Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles County: Findings from The Periodic Assessment of Trajectories of Housing, Homelessness, and Health Study (PATHS)
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2024
This study investigates the prevalence of discrimination and violence against persons experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County (LAC) from April-July 2023. Los Angeles is home to 11% of the nation’s unhoused population, and over 20% of the population experiencing unsheltered … Continue reading
Homelessness, Discrimination, and Violent Victimization in Los Angeles County
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year: 2024
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are highly vulnerable to discrimination and violence, which impact physical and mental health. The study examines past-month discrimination and violence against PEH in Los Angeles County (LAC). Data were collected as part of the Periodic Assessment … Continue reading
What is the Cost of Homeless Encampments to a City’s Residents? Evidence from Los Angeles
Dani’s Reading Notes
Year: 2024
This paper studies the impact of homeless encampments on residential property values with a novel procedure that infers the presence of encampments using citizenmade complaints about them. I find that 58% of residential properties transacted in Los Angeles between March … Continue reading