Hot Topics: Homelessness

Centers for Disease Control

This appendix from the "Permanent Supportive Housing: Evaluating the Evidence for Improving Health Outcomes Among People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness" discusses the history of homelessness in the United States from the late 19th-century through 2018, including terminology, causes, and federal responses.

An overview of and resources for homelessness as it relates to transgender individuals from Advocates for Trans Equality

A Research-to-Impact brief by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago on understanding and addressing youth homelessness

Explanation of multiple "official" definitions of homelessness from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, and other FAQs

National Alliance to End Homelessness

An overview of the factors that contribute to homelessness from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2024.

Coalition for the Homeless

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmet

The first nationwide database of evictions from Princeton University

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Williams Institute

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

Statista

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2025