Homeless, Housing Challenged, and Residents of Public Housing
Housing is critical to sustained good health. Living on the streets, in a shelter, or moving between other people’s home makes it difficult to manage chronic diseases, rest, avoid communicable diseases and adhere to medical advice. When shelter is the priority, less time and energy is available to focus on health and recuperation. Discrimination, stigma and violence often plague the homeless population. Many struggle with mental health and substance use issues in addition to uncontrolled chronic health conditions like diabetes and hypertension. Strategies health center use to work successfully with this population including:
- Mobile healthcare and outreach teams
- Integration of mental health and substance use services
- Collaboration with housing providers
- Assertive case management
- Being a “Trauma-informed” organization
Homeless, Housing Challenged, and Residents of Public Housing Resources
- 2020 Home Matters Florida Housing Coalition Report
- Addressing Health Equity through Health and Housing Partnerships Center for Supportive Housing (CSH) May 2019
- Bussed Out: How America Moves It’s Homeless The Guardian, December 2017
- Center for Supportive Housing (CSH) Training Center
- Covid 19 and the Health Center for the Homeless Community National Healthcare for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), April 2020
- Defining Homelessness in the Rural United States Journal of Rural Research, 2018
- Documenting Disability for Medical Providers NHCHC Online course
- HUD Policy Brief on Housing Choice Vouchers: Understanding the Impact and Potential for Health Centers CSH, November 2018
- HUD Policy Brief on Rural Homelessness: Understanding the Impact and Potential for Health Centers CSH, 2018
- Infants Exposed to Homelessness: Health, Health Care Use, And Health Spending from Birth to Age Six Health Affairs, May 2019
- It's Now Even Harder to Find Affordable Housing in Florida University of South Florida, 2019
- Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2021 NLIHC Report, 2021
- Promising Practices for Health Centers: Serving Youth Experiencing Homelessness CSH, April 2018
- Responding to COVID-19 Among People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness NHCHC
- Resources for Building Health Center & Housing Partnerships CSH Resource Bank
- Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics and Programs Congressional Research Service, March 2019
- Shimberg Center for Housing Studies Publications, University of Florida (UF)
- Sulzbacher Village: A Healing Place Affordable Housing Finance, June 2019
- Telemedicine in COVID-19 is a unique challenge for homeless patients Medpage, April 2020
- The Forgotten Middle: Middle Market Seniors Housing Study National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), August 2019
- The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2021 NLIHC, March 2021
- “They Are Invisible.” Rural Homelessness, Made Worse by Opioid Crisis, Presents Special Challenges Ohio Valley Resources, June 2019
- To Improve Outcomes, Health Systems Invest in Affordable Housing Health Affairs, July 2019
- Visualize Homelessness Fact sheets and visual images from NHCHC
Homeless, Housing Challenged, and Residents of Public Housing Data
Homeless, Housing Challenged, and Residents of Public Housing Organizations
Related FACHC Sites
For more information, contact Erin Sologaistoa at [email protected]
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