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    Rising Trends and Impacts of Unsheltered Homelessness
    October 15, 2025
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    9 Facts About the Impending Senior Homelessness Crisis and How We Can Stop It
    • Samantha Batko,
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    • Anna Doñate
    May 20, 2025
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    What Effects Could a Growing Senior Population Have on the Housing Market?
    September 25, 2024
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    Could Machine Learning Help Reduce Inequities in the Homelessness Response System?
    • Mikaela Tajo,
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    April 10, 2024
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    How Housing Instability Affects Educational Outcomes
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    February 28, 2024
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    How Can Housing Strategies Effectively Center Urban American Indian Mental Health and Homelessness?
    • Lizzy Ferrara
    February 21, 2024
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  • Army veteran Reggie Austin sits in his apartment looking at some paperwork at the newly-opened Tunnel to Towers Veterans Village
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    Housing First Is Still the Best Approach to Ending Homelessness
    February 14, 2024
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    Shelter-Based Interventions Can Increase School Attendance for Students Experiencing Homelessness
    January 24, 2024
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    Homeless Encampment Sweeps May Be Draining Your City’s Budget
    • Rudy Perez
    January 04, 2023
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