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“Under CalAIM, there has been this incredible ability to pay for certain things that are helpful to anyone experiencing homelessness,” said BHHI Director Margot Kushel MD tells Marion Api...

Street medicine is crucial for people experiencing homelessness, who face many barriers to accessing health care. But, it isn't a substitute for housing, which provides the stability peop...

Permanent Supportive Housing (housing + voluntary intensive services) in single room occupancy hotels can prevent homelessness and help people recover from life on the streets.“There’s no...

The Bay Area does not have enough shelter beds for everyone who needs one, or enough housing people can afford."We found in our studies that the vast majority of people would accept a she...

When you picture homelessness, who comes to mind?For many Americans, it's someone living on the street. But that picture leaves out many people experiencing homelessness."People have conf...

Most people experiencing homelessness in California do so in the same county they lived in before they lost their last stable housing.Still, some people move between cities and counties w...

“What we're seeing in the numbers of people experiencing homelessness isn't that we suddenly have this increase in people with mental health or substance use problems," Dr. Margot Kushel ...

When housing costs are out of reach, homelessness rises.Dr. Margot Kushel, who has researched homelessness at UC San Francisco for over two decades, said those who are homeless are more l...

People who live in cars and RVs throughout the Bay Area are moving between cities as crackdowns on street encampments ramp up, a trend that pushed Oakland officials to adopt a new policy speeding up tows over concerns the city is becoming a “destination” for displaced residents. BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel says that cities are competing in a “race to the bottom” to pass stronger restrictions on encampments than their neighbors.

Without enough housing on the other side of the shelter, many people have no choice but to return to the street."More investment in permanent housing is needed so people have a place to g...