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6th & Berendo Encampment Resolution
The People Concern
Year: 2024
The 6 th and Berendo encampment is located in CD10, in the Koreatown area. The encampment, located next to a church, was blocking driveway access to the church and at times, access to the sidewalk. In April of 2021, SPA … Continue reading
Digital Health Intervention for People Experiencing Homelessness
Center for Community Health and Evaluation
Year: 2023
This report presents the preliminary findings of an independent evaluation of Samaritan, a digital health intervention designed to assist people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in gaining the social and financial support they need to reach their goals. California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF), … Continue reading
Unconditional Cash Transfers Reduce Homelessness
PNAS
Year: 2023
Homelessness is an economic and social crisis. In a cluster-randomized controlled trial, we address a core cause of homelessness—lack of money—by providing a one-time unconditional cash transfer of CAD$7,500 to each of 50 individuals experiencing homelessness, with another 65 as … Continue reading
A Qualitative Exploration of Frontline Homeless Service Worker Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Social Service Research
Year: 2023
Research has illustrated how homeless service organizations have adjusted policies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic and how frontline workers have taken on the work of implementing new procedures, fine-tuning service strategies, and navigating challenges. This qualitative study sought to … Continue reading
Mobility-Related Barriers to Accessing Homeless Services: Implications for Continuums of Care and Coordinated Entry
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Year: 2023
Objective: Geographic mobility, or transience, is relatively common among people experiencing homelessness. However, little is known about whether mobility facilitates or impedes service access. The present research uses a lens of bureaucratic disentitlement and administrative burden to explore the intersection … Continue reading
Deploying Social Innovation Models for Anti-Racist Practices: Lessons from Homelessness Research in Los Angeles
Currents: Journal of Diversity Scholarship for Social Change
Year: 2023
Racism is a primary driver of homelessness (National Alliance for Ending Homelessness, 2019; Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, 2018). Across the United States, Black Americans are more likely to experience homelessness than white Americans, and the Los Angeles region is no … Continue reading
Racial Injustice in Homelessness and Housing in the United States
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
Slavery as a Cause and Consequence of Homelessness in the United States
National Homelessness Law Center
Year: 2023
Managing High-risk Behaviours and Challenges to Prevent Housing Loss in Permanent Supportive Housing: A Rapid Review
Harm Reduction Journal
Year: 2023
Permanent supportive housing is an efective intervention for stably housing most people experiencing home-lessness and mental illness who have complex support needs. However, high-risk behaviours and challenges are prevalent among this population and have the potential to seriously harm health … Continue reading
Take a Stand Against the Criminalization of Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Year: 2023
A ruthless effort to criminalize homelessness while attacking best practices like Housing First is gaining traction in state legislatures across the country. Several states have already enacted bills along these lines, including Texas, Tennessee, and Missouri. Other states like Arizona … Continue reading