Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the price

Fewer people in Detroit are experiencing homelessness – but more kids are. Of those kids, a growing number have no safe place to sleep inside.

John Kuk, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University • conversation
April 28, 2025 ~8 min

Housing instability complicates end-of-life care for aging unhoused populations

Unhoused people are more likely to die in hospitals or on the streets.

Pilar Ingle, Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Work, University of Denver • conversation
April 7, 2025 ~8 min


Many more Denver teens have experienced homelessness than official counts show

Youth who are homeless are often missed by official counts, but new methods may lead to improved counts.

Joshua Barocas, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
March 4, 2025 ~5 min

Domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that often leaves them homeless

Programs and policies to help domestic abuse survivors find safe housing work only if they’re implemented and supported with resources.

Lauren Cattaneo, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, George Mason University • conversation
April 11, 2024 ~10 min

Shelters can help homeless people by providing quiet and privacy, not just a bunk and a meal

As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.

Heather Ross, Clinical Associate Professor in Nursing and Clinical Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2023 ~10 min

Homeless patients with COVID-19 often go back to life on the streets after hospital care, but there's a better way

What happens to unhoused people who get COVID-19?

J. Robin Moon, Adjunct Associate Professor, City University of New York • conversation
Nov. 25, 2020 ~8 min

A researcher reflects on progress fighting hepatitis C – and a path forward

The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine goes to the discoverers of the hepatitis C virus. There's an effective cure but homelessness and the opioid epidemic are driving a surge in infections.

Anna Suk-Fong Lok, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan • conversation
Oct. 5, 2020 ~11 min

Coronavirus: why managed alcohol programmes are essential for problem drinkers who are homeless

Proving effective in Canada, harm-reducing MAPs should be introduced here to help this vulnerable group access alcohol and stay safe during lockdown.

Tania Browne, Research Assistant, University of Stirling • conversation
May 6, 2020 ~7 min


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