Homelessness Research: Reports and White Papers
The resources on this guide provide information on Homelessness and the Homelessness Research Action Collaborative at Portland State University.
Select National Reports
- Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in America"Missed Opportunities: National Estimates highlights results from a national survey on unaccompanied youth homelessness in America."
- State of the Nations Housing 2018Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
- College and University Basic Needs Insecurity: A National #RealCollege Survey ReportThis report describes the results of the #RealCollege survey administered in the fall of 2018 at 123 two- and four-year institutions across the United States.
- The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable HomesA 2019 report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition.
- Housing Not Handcuffs Report 2019A report on on national homelessness causes, solutions, criminalization policies, and studies on criminalization from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.
- The Grand Challenge of Ending Homelessness (2015)A report from the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative.
- Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities' Study on Race and HousingA SPARC report documenting "high rates of homelessness among people of color in our partner communities: approximately 65% of people experiencing homelessness were Black, while 28% were White. Homelessness among American Indian/Alaskan Natives in the SPARC communities was 3 to 8 times higher than their proportion of the general population."
Select Local Reports
- Housing and Food Insecurity at Portland State UniversityHousing and Food Insecurity at Portland State University, September 2020
A report by:The Portland State University Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative
Authors:Greg Townley, Katricia Stewart, Jacen Greene, and Marta Petteni.
"This report presents findings from Portland State University’s first housing and food insecurity survey of students and employees." - The Quarterly Outcomes ReportThe Quarterly Outcomes Report tracks the investments that A Home for Everyone has made in Multnomah County and the outcomes.
- Domicile Unknown"Domicile Unknown" is an annual report on community members who die without a known address.
- Preserving Housing Choice and Opportunity: A Study of Apartment Building Sales and RentsA 2017 report by Seyoung Sung, Portland State University and Lisa K. Bates, Portland State University.
- Homelessness in the Portland Region: A Review of Trends, Causes, and the Outlook Ahead"This report seeks to advance the policy discussion for a problem that some residents and
policymakers have deemed intractable. It reviews the literature on homelessness determinants,
explores local trends in homelessness, puts Portland’s challenges into a broader national
context, and organizes possible responses into a four-part policy framework." - Governance, Costs, and Revenue Raising to Address and Prevent Homelessness in the Portland Tri-County Region"This report takes a comprehensive look at the scale of homelessness and housing insecurity
experienced in the Portland tri-county area." - Gentrification and Displacement Study: Implementing an Equitable Inclusive Development Strategy in the Context of GentrificationA 2013 study by Lisa K. Bates, Portland State University.
- FUSE: People with Frequent Utilization of Public Services in Clackamas County, Oregon: Potential Service Enhancements"The Regional Research Institute for Human Services and the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University conducted this one‐time study on the feasibility of reducing the use of high‐cost public services by providing permanent supportive housing to the individuals with the highest utilization of those services."
- Preference Assessment of Temporary Shelter/Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness: Survey findings by the PSU Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative"To better understand where some people experiencing homelessness would prefer to live temporarily during the threat of coronavirus/COVID-19, we conducted a survey in Portland, Oregon. We know that people experiencing homelessness differ in their needs, circumstances, and preferences. Some people stay in tents or shelters, while others live temporarily with friends or family or in vehicles. We sought to understand the range of complex circumstances in order to know how to advocate for resources that people experiencing homelessness need and want."
Where to look for more Reports and White Papers
- Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN)Features academic networks for many disciplines in the social sciences. Includes a database with abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers. Also includes a paper collection of full-text documents.
- SIRENSIREN stands for Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network and is a creation of UCSF. "This Evidence Library contains research articles, issue briefs, reports, and commentaries that either focus on or are relevant to evaluating health care-based interventions that address patients’ social and economic needs. We prioritize for inclusion resources that carefully describe and evaluate the social needs components of these interventions, and to a lesser extent those where the social components are mentioned but are not the primary focus of the work. The library currently includes only papers published since the year 2000."
- IssueLabContains free access to case studies, evaluations, white papers, annual reports, issue briefs, and numerous other materials addressing the world's social problems that include aging, crime and safety, government reports, nonprofit and philanthropy, race and ethnicity, and transportation.
- Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.