In response to rising rates of homelessness, city and state governments have introduced many different programs aimed at providing various forms of shelter and permanent housing to the unhoused. In a new study, a team of researchers in British Columbia,…
Homelessness 101: Webinar
We held a webinar with experts on Homelessness on June 30th, 2022 to discuss what we can do about homelessness locally. These experts included: Almost every Californian is feeling the crunch from the state’s high housing costs, but no one…
Dynamics of homelessness in urban America
Published: 2017 | Chris Glynn and Emily B. Fox Abstract For each metro under study, we investigate the relationship between increases in the Zillow Rent Index and increases in the homeless population. Sensitivity of inference to potential improvements in the…
New Perspectives on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness
Published: 2012 | Thomas Byrne, Ellen A. Munley, Jamison D. Fargo, Ann E. Montgomery, and Dennis P. Culhane | Journal of Urban Affairs Abstract Understanding the root causes of homelessness is important for developing effective solutions to the problem. This…
Homeless in America, Homeless in California
Published: 2001 | John M. Quigley, Steven Raphael, and Eugene Smolensky| The Review of Economics and Statistics Abstract It is generally believed that the increased incidence of homelessness in the United States has arisen from broad societal factors, such as…