Over the past two years, homeless service systems have been pushed to the limit, revealing valuable insights about what works and what doesn’t. The influx of resources has presented exceptional opportunities for homelessness systems, but also presented numerous hurdles. The […]
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Modifying Services to Protect Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Researchers have warned that the number of older adults (age 55 and above) will increase in the unsheltered and sheltered homeless population over the next decade unless policymakers take significant action to prevent it. The “graying” of the homeless population […]
Tiny Homes Beg Big Questions
There are two things that we know to be certain about homelessness: Someone who has a home is not homeless. The United States has a major affordable housing crisis. While homelessness programs continue to do the heroic and creative work […]
Moving Beyond the VI-SPDAT: Integrating Your System’s Values into Prioritization
Written by Alliance Research Council member Marybeth Shinn (Organizational Development Professor, Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University) and Molly Richard (Doctoral Student, Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University) The most widely used tool has been the […]
Using EHVs to Get People Housed: Focus Group Discussions on Challenges and Current Strategies
A new research brief from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute explores the progress and challenges that Continuums of Care and Public Housing Authorities have faced in putting these vouchers to use, and the strategies that are currently in play to […]