Resource By Category: Unsheltered Homelessness
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Homelessness Reaches the Supreme Court: As It Weighs One Approach, A Better One Waits in the Wings
In evaluating the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider amicus briefs filed by a collection of jurisdictions that express varying levels of support for criminalization (e.g., encampment evictions, fines, arrests, or threats of such actions) as a needed or useful remedy for unsheltered homelessness.
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How Federal Funding Sparks Innovation on Unsheltered Homelessness
In 2023, thirty-two communities across the country won significant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to respond to unsheltered homelessness.
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New Federal Funding Boosts Unsheltered Homelessness Response
Unsheltered homelessness rose to an estimated 256,610 people on one night in January 2023, up 9.7 percent from the prior year. This continued a trend of increases that began in 2016 and has occurred every year since.
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Data Snapshot: Non-Cisgender Homeless Individuals Face Higher Risk of Being Unsheltered
Federal homelessness data shows that transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning people experience unsheltered homelessness at dramatically higher rates than their cisgender peers…
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Voices from the Field: Responding to COVID-19 (Part 4)
This installment of community surveys is based on responses from homeless service providers and advocates during February and March 2021…
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Conducting an Unsheltered Point-in-Time Count During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dan Treglia, PhD MPP; Daphne Chimbel BSW; Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania…
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Data Snapshot: Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals Experience Unsheltered Homelessness at Higher Rates
Data from the 2019 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count reveals that homeless transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are more likely to be unsheltered than cisgender adults experiencing…
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Estimated Emergency and Observational/Quarantine Bed Need for the US Homeless Population Related to COVID-19 Exposure by County; Projected Hospitalizations, Intensive Care Units and Mortality
Dennis Culhane, Daniel Treglia and Ken Steif, University of Pennsylvania Randall Kuhn, University of California Los Angeles…
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Data Snapshot: Reductions in Transitional Housing Do Not Cause Increases in Unsheltered Homelessness
Most States Reduced Unsheltered Homelessness While Also Reducing Transitional Housing Beds…
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Data Visualization: Homeless Population Representation by Location
The fourth and final installment of the Alliance’s Demographic Data Project analyzes how geography plays a role in the demographics of homeless populations nationwide. The visualization…