Opinions

In this op-ed, Leslie Suen, MD, MAS, explains the value of Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC), and use of a harm reduction framework as a multi-prong strategy to combat the opioid cri...

This opinion piece characterizes homelessness in California and discusses how people can help, including by recognizing homeless people's humanity. Margot Kushel, MD, describes how h...

In this op-ed, Margot Kushel, MD, Tomiqua Moss, and Jen Loving explain how scaling evidence-based solutions to prevent and end homelessness can yield tangible results. They characterize the underlying, interlocking causes of homelessness as structural racism, income inequality, and lack of affordable housing for low-income households. "The research is clear: When there is more affordable housing in a community, fewer people experience homelessness," they write. "Providing affordable housing with permanent subsidies and supportive services, if needed, is the best way to end homelessness. Such programs have for years successfully housed more than 90% of those with the most severe disabilities."

As a pediatrician who has focused on working with families experiencing unstable housing, BHHI faculty member Christine Ma, MD, has seen first hand how housing insecur...

In this opinion piece, UCSF BHHI policy manager Ned Resnikoff wrote about parallels between the homelessness crisis and climate change and our failure to address their unde...

"Homelessness is solvable. Its primary driver is housing unaffordability... so the solution has always been more housing, particularly for those who don’t currently have it," writes ...

Margot Kushel, MD, and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, discuss how the pandemic has highlighted "a tale of two Californias."