Research
Portland State University’s Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative (PSU-HRAC) is working with Oregon Housing and Community Services to evaluate the alternative emergency shelter model called Project Turnkey. This model utilized motels for temporary shelter across the state of Oregon during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three main populations occupied the motels: 1) people experiencing homelessness at the start of the pandemic; 2) people who became homeless as a result of wildfires; and, 3) people in hospitals that needed to be moved.
Santa Clara, California’s study of the Cost of Homelessness in Silicon Valley
The National Alliance to End Homelessness declares that homelessness can be surprisingly costly for taxpayers. Fortunately, socially-responsible, cost-effective solutions exist.
The cheapest way to end homelessness is ridiculously simple, according to the largest-ever US study
The Economic Roundtable, underwritten by the County of Santa Clara, California, just came out with the largest study on homelessness in American history. Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/santa-clara-homelessness-study-2015-5
