Crisis Housing

Why Housing The Homeless In The Age Of Covid-19 Is Essential
This US opinion piece argues the case for housing homeless people in currently empty facilities, as a way of limiting the spread of the virus.. Homeless people tend to have higher rates of the kinds of chronic conditions that make severe illness with SARS-CoV2—and the need for greater medical resources—more likely.
Anita Bartholomew
2020
Themes:
Health, Rough Sleeping, Crisis Housing, COVID-19

The Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness: Could Housing Solutions Be Funded by Avoidance of Excess Shelter, Hospital, and Nursing Home Costs?
This report summarizes a multi-site study in three localities – Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles County – of the anticipated future of the aged homeless population, its likely impacts on health and shelter systems and resulting costs, and the potential for housing solutions. Specifically, this report summarizes the following analyses: - Forecasts of the size of the aged homeless population
Dennis Culhane, Dan Treglia, Thomas Byrne, Stephen Metraux, Randall Kuhn, Kelly Doran, Eileen Johns, Maryanne Schretzman
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Policy, Health, Age Specific Housing, Aged Care, Crisis Housing, Future housing solutions

'It's shameful': Focus Ireland calls for urgent action to support elderly homeless people
FOCUS IRELAND HAS launched an online campaign calling for the government to take urgent action to ensure no one over the age of 65 is homeless. The latest figures from the Department of Housing show that there were 119 people over 65 years old living in emergency accommodation in February 2018, a 40% increase on the February 2016 figure of 85.
Hayley Halpin
2018
Themes:
Crisis Housing

Presentations from The National Homelessness Conference, Melbourne 2018
The 2018 National Homelessness Conference, presenting the theme ‘Ending homelessness together’, delivered a wealth of evidence and information on ways to understand, reduce and alleviate homelessness. Over 800 delegates and more than 80 speakers participated across two very full days, exploring the underlying drivers of homelessness and the differing strategies on how best to overcome it.
Celia Adams, Sherri Bruinhout, Paula Coghill, Kate Colvin, Debbie Faulkner, Jeff Fiedler, Andrew Hollows, Sally Langton, Penny Leemhuis, Jeanette Large, Olav Nielsenn, Kate Paterson, Nicholas Pleace
2018
Themes:
Crisis Housing, Gender, Older Women, Indigenous Housing, Private Rental, Older Men, Ageing-in-Place, Rough Sleeping, Housing First, Future housing solutions

Pop-up shelter initiative helps homeless older women
An innovative approach to the temporary use of a vacant building site owned by Uniting, the service arm of the Uniting Church, is providing a temporary safe haven for older homeless women who are literally left out in the cold when it comes to specialist homelessness services.
2018
Themes:
Older Women, Community, Crisis Housing

Aging and on the streets
In the US, as housing costs rise and baby boomers age, growing numbers of the homeless are older. Between 2007 and 2014, there was a 20 percent increase nationwide in individuals over 50 living on the streets. They now make up more than one-third of the homeless in the United States. Portland — long struggling to decrease its large and visible homeless population — also has seen a recent jump.
Katie Scott
2018
Themes:
Crisis Housing, Ageing Population, Older Women

The funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness: the case study evidence
This research investigated how services supporting those experiencing homelessness are funded, and how different forms and levels of funding, together with diverse funding sources, impact on the delivery of homelessness assistance. This study is based on nine case studies focused on different service models, organisational forms and potential new ways of funding services for the homeless.
David MacKenzie, Sean McNelis, Paul Flatau, Ami Seivwright, Kylie Valentine
2017
Themes:
Homelessness Prevention Services, Crisis Housing

Patterns of Shelter Use Among Men New to Homelessness in Later Life: Duration of Stay and Psychosocial Factors Related to Departure
Few researchers have focused on the trends and typologies of older people who find themselves homeless for the first time in late life. Yet, adults facing homelessness for a first time in older age are reported to have different experiences and service needs than those who are aging in situations of chronic homelessness.
David Rothwell, Tamara Sussman, Amanda Grenier
2017
Themes:
Older Men, Ageing Population, Crisis Housing

The role of private rental support programs in housing outcomes for vulnerable Australians
In the last two decades Australia’s rental landscape has been redrawn. As social housing has become focussed on those most in need, and home ownership has become less affordable, the private rental market has become increasingly important.
Selina Tually, Michele Slatter, Debbie Faulkner, Susan Oakley
2016
Themes:
Private Rental, Homelessness Prevention Services, Crisis Housing

The financing, delivery and effectiveness of programs to reduce homelessness
This report is one of three reports to be released as part of an AHURI Inquiry into the funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness.
Paul Flatau, Kaylene Zaretzky, Lisa Wood, Darja Miscenko
2016
Themes:
Homelessness Prevention Services, Crisis Housing

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