Parents of homeless kids need more support

Public service systems need to do a better job of working with parents to support homeless children, a new study shows.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Feb. 7, 2024 ~5 min

Cutting homelessness could reduce opioid overdose deaths

"If you want to make progress fighting the opioid epidemic, tackling homelessness is one route to do that."

Leigh Beeson-U. Georgia • futurity
Feb. 6, 2024 ~6 min


What would actually cut homelessness and overdose risk?

Interviews with unhoused people who've recently experienced opioid overdose indicate ways to approach places like "Mass and Cass" in Boston.

Andrew Thurston-Boston U. • futurity
Aug. 30, 2023 ~11 min

Emergency financial aid can prevent homelessness

Efforts to prevent homelessness can work, according to a new study that shows emergency financial assistance can keep people housed.

Tracy DeStazio-Notre Dame • futurity
July 18, 2023 ~7 min

Teacher bond may especially help homeless preschoolers

For preschoolers, forming a bond with their teacher is important. A new study shows that may be especially true for homeless children.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Feb. 23, 2021 ~4 min

COVID-19 makes US housing crisis even worse

One in seven people in the US say they worry about paying rent. An expert digs in to how COVID-19 has made the housing crisis worse, and how to fix it.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Aug. 10, 2020 ~9 min

Medical debt can keep people homeless longer

Medical debt can prolong stretches of homelessness, according to a new study in King County, Washington.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
July 1, 2020 ~7 min

How to protect people who are homeless during COVID-19

People who are homeless face unique issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. An expert talks about about their challenges and what's needed to protect them.

U. Michigan • futurity
April 10, 2020 ~7 min


If you think the economy is fair, inequality doesn’t seem so bad

People who believe that the economy is fair have less of a negative reaction to seeing evidence of economic inequality like homelessness, researchers find.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Jan. 30, 2020 ~6 min

Half of Atlanta’s homeless youth experience trafficking

A new report on human trafficking in metro Atlanta indicates factors that place homeless youth at risk.

Anna Varela - Georgia State • futurity
Oct. 23, 2019 ~6 min

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