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Statement by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Director Dr. Margot Kushel on 2024 Point-In-Time Homeless Count
Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative
December 28, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (December 28, 2024) – Following is a statement by Dr. Margot Kushel, MD, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) at the University of California, ...
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What the SCOTUS Camping Decision Means for Local Homelessness Policy
Bloomberg
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court ruling in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, lets lawmakers impose fines and jail time on people experiencing homelessness who are sleeping outside. This decision will provide m...
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What the SCOTUS Camping Decision Means for Local Homelessness Policy
Bloomberg
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court ruling in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, lets lawmakers impose fines and jail time on people experiencing homelessness who are sleeping outside. This decision will provide more clarity to state and local leaders about legal steps they can take to clear out encampments. However, advocates say that the ruling will enable lawmakers to effectively criminalize the state of being unhoused.  Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, said, "It's expensive, it's inhumane, and actually there are real solutions that do work."
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Rising Utility Costs Compound California's Housing Crisis
KQED News
December 19, 2023
In the state of California, the three major utility companies, have nearly doubled electricity rates over the last decade. With growing increase in energy demands, the rising utility costs are pushing...
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Rising Utility Costs Compound California's Housing Crisis
KQED News
December 19, 2023
In the state of California, the three major utility companies, have nearly doubled electricity rates over the last decade. With growing increase in energy demands, the rising utility costs are pushing families already at the margins to the brink of homelessness. Many people are forced to making an impossible choice. Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, said, "I think recognizing energy insecurity as a contributor to this crisis, this is the next frontier that we need to really worry about."
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Statement by Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Director Dr. Margot Kushel on 2023 Point-In-Time Homeless Count
Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative
December 15, 2023
Following is a statement by Dr. Margot Kushel, MD, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) at the University of California, San Francisco on the 2023 Annual Homeless Assessm...
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Press Release
Statement by Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Director Dr. Margot Kushel on 2023 Point-In-Time Homeless Count
Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative
December 15, 2023
Following is a statement by Dr. Margot Kushel, MD, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) at the University of California, San Francisco on the 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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