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Understanding the Impact of California’s Pet Assistance and Support (PAS)
Homelessness Policy Research Institute, My Dog Is My Home, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Year: 2026
In 2019, California established the Pet Assistance and Support (PAS) program, which provided shelters and service providers with the necessary funding to accommodate pets. California disbursed $15.75 million in PAS funds to 243 sites across the state, enabling them to … Continue reading
Beyond Encampments: An Evidence-Based Path to Solving Canada’s Homelessness Crisis
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Year: 2026
Homeless encampments have become a visible and persistent feature of Canada’s housing crisis, intensifying debates over public safety and encampment removals. This article argues that forced encampment sweeps are ineffective, harmful, and economically inefficient. Drawing on national data and recent … Continue reading
Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Housing Instability Among US Health Care Workers
JAMA Network
Year: 2025
The US health workforce faces projected shortages of more than 180 000 physicians and 200 000 registered nurses in the next decade.1,2 Burnout, poor working conditions, and inadequate wages have been cited as key drivers of these shortages.2 However, the prevalence of financial hardship … Continue reading
The Health Benefits of Rent Control: A Policy Brief for Public Health Practitioners
Health in Partnership
Year: 2025
A stable, affordable, quality home is a basic human need and a bedrock of health. Whether one rents or owns, a home should provide shelter, dignity, and allow us to be a part of a community’s social, political and economic … Continue reading
Who Owns America: Mapping Corporate Ownership of Residential Land
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Center for Geospatial Solutions
Year: 2025
This report from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions explores the current state of corporate ownership of residential land and housing in the United States. Much of the academic and media attention on the … Continue reading
Who Is LIHTC Built for? The Distribution of Affordable Housing Units by Rents, Tenant Incomes, and Project Features in California
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program relies on housing developers to build affordable housing units. Developers consider financial feasibility and programmatic regulations when planning projects, and one central project feature is the affordability of units. Decisions around unit affordability … Continue reading
Between the Public and the Private: Landlord Liaisons at Public Housing Authorities
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) increasingly struggle to identify landlords willing to house families with vouchers. One solution is the creation of a new staff position, a “landlord liaison,” tasked with facilitating market-agency interactions. This paper utilizes 86 interviews with staff … Continue reading
Evaluating Rent Control Intensity in California Cities, 2010–2019
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
Localities in the U.S. have adopted rent regulation ordinances of vary-ing strengths. This raises the question: do relatively stronger city-levelrent control policies correlate more strongly with tenant outcomes?We conduct a between-city comparison of city-level rent control pol-icies in California between … Continue reading
Economic Mobility or Safety Net? Examining Employment Status and Wage Trajectories of Housing Choice Voucher Recipients
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2025
This study examines employment status and wage trajectories ofrecipients of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program from 2005to 2018. Drawing on a national dataset containing 22.5 millionhouseholder-year observations, the research underscores the dualrole of the HCV program as both a … Continue reading
Caught in a Machine That De-Emphasizes Human Potential: Using Goffman’s Theory of the Total Institution to Understand Service Provider Perspectives on Boredom Among Unhoused Persons
Elsevier Ltd.
Year: 2025
Boredom has been identified as a factor affecting the lives of individuals during and following homelessness, yet no known studies have explored this experience from the perspectives of service providers. To address this gap, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with … Continue reading