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Barriers Faced by People Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles when Filing Social Security Disability Appeals: A Qualitative and Community-Engaged Study
National Bureau of Economic Research
Year: 2024
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) face many barriers to accessing public benefits. Over 75,500 people are unhoused in Los Angeles County and many live with severe disabilities. In this article, we examine barriers faced by PEH in Los Angeles County when … Continue reading
Examining the Potential Use of Technology in Permanent Supportive Housing
Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness
Year: 2024
Introduction Research on using technology in permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been limited. This study conducted formative work on understanding how technology might benefit PSH tenants. Method Focus groups were conducted at five PSH sites in Southern California, with 42 … Continue reading
A Concerning Rise in Rough Sleeping Threatens Recent Progress on Unsheltered Homelessness in Los Angeles
RAND
Year: 2024
Our new analysis of three Los Angeles neighborhoods—Hollywood, Venice, and Skid Row—shows that rough sleeping has risen to new heights. Rough sleeping refers to unhoused people living without the protection of a vehicle, tent, or makeshift dwelling. If left unaddressed, … Continue reading
Excelling for the 2028 Olympics: Restoring, Not Displacing, LA’s Unsheltered Residents
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2024
Los Angeles’ most glaring flaw as host of the 2028 Olympics is the nation’s largest population of unsheltered homeless individuals living on its streets. If LA fails to make inroads on the problem, 2028 is likely to be a disaster … Continue reading
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