Homelessness Archives

11.05.2026 Blue public restroom sign

Access Denied: Houselessness and WaSH

The lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) resources available in public places an undue burden on people experiencing houselessness. (From 2024)

Fellow Dani Weissert

10.27.2026 View of a homeless encampment in Stockton, California, USA

Missing the Mark: The Ineffectiveness of Homeless Encampment Closures

Oakland’s encampment closures surged after the 2024 ruling in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, displacing people without reducing homelessness.

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

03.09.2026 Eau Claire Public Library in Wisconsin on a sunny day

Health Equity

Book Returns, Computers, and Community Health

Beyond free Wi-Fi and a good book, public libraries offer essential services to patrons that shape the conditions that make health possible.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

11.06.2025 young man sitting on the stairs with his head in his hands

Where Housing Meets Healing

Suicide risk rises when housing is lost, especially alongside mental illness, substance use, or recent self-harm.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

03.17.2025 Shopping carts with a pile of rubbish underneath a bridge. unhoused concept

Health Equity
Housing

Investing in the Health of Boston's Unhoused

Collaboration between several Boston-based organizations highlights the immediate and long-term support cities can offer the unhoused.

Fellow Heather Sherr

03.28.2024 Historic housing buildings on the Upper West Side in New York City

The Cost of Stability: Affordable Housing and Health

Housing assistance programs are associated with reduced anxiety and stress, and increased feelings of control. But these programs alone cannot solve the health challenges associated with housing instability.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

03.15.2024 residential housing

Promoting Housing Stability: Eviction Prediction

Helping the unhoused population requires not only finding stable housing for those without shelter, but also keeping people from losing their homes in the first place.

Fellow Sean Hagan

02.13.2024 aerial view of housing in Boston's Back Bay

Boston’s Housing Waitlists: Lengthy Lists, Tentative Tenants

In Boston, rising rents are forcing poor individuals and families to wait for affordable housing, with the average waitlist time being around 3 years.

Fellow Sean Hagan

10.26.2023 bar graph depicting rates and types of homelessness by gender identity among homeless youth

Homelessness and Health Among Gender Minority Youth

Gender minority youth are more likely to experience homelessness—and its resulting safety and health concerns—than their cisgender peers.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

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