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  3. Using Data in Homelessness Work

Homelessness Economics

Homelessness has severe negative impacts – not only for the people who experience it, but for cities and countries where it persists. In addition to the personal and human costs of homelessness, there are often economic costs to providing services, from emergency healthcare to outreach and law enforcement.
 
Resources in this section examine the ways in which economics interplay with the causes and potential solutions to homelessness, including through cost-benefit analyses.

Learn more about homelessness economics in:

Canada, United States, Australia, Kenya, United Kingdom

Resources

The homelessness monitor: England 2018
Glen Bramley
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Hal Pawson
Beth Watts
and Jenny Wood
The homelessness monitor is a longitudinal study providing an independent analysis of the homelessness impacts of recent economic and policy developments in England. It considers both the consequences of the post-2007 economic and housing...
Region:
Europe
An Economic Theory of Homelessness and Housing
Brendan O'Flaherty
There is good reason to suspect that changes in the housing market had something to do with the dramatic rise in the homelessness in the United States after 1980. Whether the housing market is responsible, however, remains a controversial...
Region:
North America
Study reveals cost benefits in housing the homeless
Carolyn Gonzales
The University of New Mexico Institute for Social Research conducted a study for the City of Albuquerque on the cost and benefits of housing homeless people in the city. Results of the Albuquerque Heading Home Initiative reveal that it is...
Region:
North America
Third Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe
Fondation Abbé Pierre
FEANTSA
Since 2015, FEANTSA and the Fondation Abbé Pierre have released a yearly Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe. These annual reports look at the latest Eurostat data (EU-SILC) and assess EU countries' capacity to adequately house their...
Region:
Europe
Racial Disparity In Hospital Inpatient Cost: Homeless Versus Non-Homeless Patients
Wong H
Karaca Z
There is no study empirically comparing the racial disparity in hospital inpatient cost between homeless and non-homeless patients. This paper compares hospital inpatient costs between homeless and non-homeless patients across race groups...
Region:
North America
Rental Housing Subsidies and Homelessness Research Brief
Jill Khadduri
Homelessness is fundamentally a housing affordability problem, and for most individuals and families the pathway out of homelessness is to return to the same type of housing other households occupy in the community. Even though they are...
Region:
North America
The cost of homelessness and the net benefit of homelessness programs: a national study
Kaylene Zaretzky
Paul Flatau
Anne Clear
Elizabeth Conroy
Lucy Burns
Bridget Spicer
Homelessness occurs when an individual does not have access to safe, adequate or secure shelter. Homelessness can lead to much higher use of mainstream public support services, such as health and justice services, than is evident in the...
Region:
Australia & Oceania
Health Care and Public Service Use and Costs Before and After Provision of Housing for Chronically Homeless Persons With Severe Alcohol Problems
Mary E. Larimer
Daniel K. Malone
Michelle D. Garner
Chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems often have multiple medical and psychiatric problems and use costly health and criminal justice services at high rates. In this population of chronically homeless individuals...
Region:
North America
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