Housing Instability & Homelessness

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Housing Instability & Homelessness Resources

College Students Face Housing and Food Insecurity

College students responding to a survey by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab reveal a high degree of housing and food insecurity. Forty-six percent of students at two-year community colleges and 36% at four-year colleges experienced some degree of housing insecurity during the past year. Twelve percent and 9…

Study Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Homelessness Rates

A study of five communities by the Center for Social Innovation’s Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities (SPARC) found significant racial disparities in rates of homelessness. Black residents accounted for nearly 65% of people experiencing homelessness in the five communities, even…

One in Ten Young Adults Experienced Homelessness over 12-Month Period

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago released a research brief on youth homelessness, Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in America, National Estimates, which examines the size and characteristics of the youth population experiencing homelessness. The brief finds that one in ten young…

Study Links Housing Instability to Increased Child and Caregiver Health Risks

A study by Megan Sandel, Richard Sheward, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, and others published in Pediatrics, “Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families,” finds that housing instability puts children and their caretakers at greater risk of poor health and material hardships.…