POLICIES TO REDUCE AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS: WHAT WE KNOW AND GAPS IN THE RESEARCH

Homelessness may be both a cause of and one of the more extreme outcomes of poverty. Governments at all levels and private organizations have a variety of tools to combat homelessness, and these strategies have changed dramatically over the past quarter century. In this paper, we catalog the policy...

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Published in:Journal of policy analysis and management 2021-06, Vol.40 (3), p.914-963
Main Authors: Evans, William N., Phillips, David C., Ruffini, Krista, Ellen, Ingrid Gould
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical trials
College teachers
Economists
Federal Reserve banks
Homeless people
Homelessness
Poverty
Quasi-experimental methods
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Summary:Homelessness may be both a cause of and one of the more extreme outcomes of poverty. Governments at all levels and private organizations have a variety of tools to combat homelessness, and these strategies have changed dramatically over the past quarter century. In this paper, we catalog the policy responses and the existing literature on the effectiveness of these strategies, focusing on studies of individual‐level effects from randomized controlled trial evaluations and the best quasi‐experimental designs. We conclude by discussing outstanding questions that can be addressed with these same methods.
ISSN:0276-8739
1520-6688
DOI:10.1002/pam.22283