Opinion
How Racism Underpins the U.S.’ Homelessness Problem
Boston Globe
November 9, 2023
In this op-ed, Kara Young Ponder, PhD, director of community engagement and racial justice at the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, explains how neighborhood design and homeownership a...
Opinion
Sacramento is Seeing More and More Homeless Youth. How Can We Help Them? | Opinion
Sacramento Bee
November 7, 2023
In this op-ed, Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD, MA, Associate Dean for Research at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, calls attention to youth experiencing homelessness in Sacramento. She outlines the hi...
Opinion
California Makes it Hard to get Help for Opioid Addiction. Why?
San Francisco Chronicle
November 6, 2023
In this op-ed, Leslie W. Suen, MD, MAS, an assistant professor of medicine in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, highlights the lack accessibility of the...
Opinion
Media Blame Homelessness on Substance Abuse. The Data Tell a Different Story.
Truthout
November 6, 2023
In this op-ed, Margot Kushel, MD, a professor of medicine and director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at UCSF, explains how homelessness in California is a housing issue. Others of...
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Latinos Must Fight for Housing Justice
CALÓ News
October 17, 2023
In this op-ed, Dalma Diaz, MA, a health equity fellow at the California Health Care Foundation, highlights the increase in people experiencing homelessness among the Latinxs. Despite the rising rental...
Opinion
Decriminalize Drug Use. Do It Now
Common Dreams
October 13, 2023
In this op-ed, Zena Dhatt, a Qualitative Research Project Manager at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, calls for action to decriminalize drug use. She outlines that hyper-policing and e...
Opinion
Opinion: People Think Drug Use Causes Homelessness. It’s Usually the Other Way Around
Los Angeles Times
October 4, 2023
In this op-ed, Ryan Assaf, PhD, MPH, a postdoctoral fellow with the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, highlights the common misconception among many Californians that substance use is the p...
Opinion
America’s Homeless Deserve Better Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
The Messenger
October 3, 2023
In this op-ed, Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow with the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, underscores the importance of providing access to water and sanitation ...
Opinion
Homelessness is an Epidemic — Frontline Workers Need Help
The Hill
September 29, 2023
In this op-ed, Tom Murphy, the Senior Director of Communications for the National Alliance to End Homelessness, brings attention to the frontline professionals who respond to homelessness. He highligh...
Opinion
World Leaders Must Do More to Sustain Refugees and Migrants
Common Dreams
September 27, 2023
In this op-ed, Alma Yates, MSW, the Education Program Manager at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, implores world leaders to do more in helping migrants and asylum seekers. She highligh...
Opinion
Homelessness Is a Health Care Issue
The Messenger
September 27, 2023
In this op-ed, Maria Raven, MD, MPH, associate director at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, explains how homelessness is not just a housing issue, but a health care issue. She outlined...
Opinion
End Generational Homelessness. Act Now For The Children's Sake | Opinion
Newsweek
September 22, 2023
In this op-ed, Cheyenne Garcia, senior research analyst at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, calls for action to end generational homelessness. She characterizes the dire need for expan...