I can talk about homelessness anywhere, anytime. But, I never thought I would get to talk about it on NPR inspired by a conversation from the RHRI. 🎧 great conversation with host Brittany Luse & Molly Richard PhD (& I still haven’t seen RHORI) @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/07/15/n...

Homelessness is more common than you think. : It's Been a Minute

Who counts as homeless in America?If you ask the Department of Housing and Urban Development, around 750,000 people are homeless in America. If you ask the Department of Education, that number shoots ...

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It is possible to resolve encampments in a way that listens & responds to the needs & desires of people who live there. This is true for people who live in oversized vehicles. Read our interim report on a Berkeley City encampment resolution. 🧵⬇️⬇️⬇️

UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 New BHHI Report: Our interim evaluation of Berkeley’s Encampment Resolution and RV Buyback Program finds that pairing low-barrier non-congregate shelter with vehicle buyback brought most eligible residents indoors and helped close the encampment. 🧵 (1/5) Read: buff.ly/Fm4EHhH

As anti-immigrant & anti-homeless oppression hit all time highs, it is important to reflect on the experiences of Latine ppl who experience homelessness. Proud of this piece in @plosone.org @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social #CAHomelessStudy journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Latino/a experiences of homelessness in California: Qualitative findings from the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH)

The number of Latino/a people experiencing homelessness in the United States is increasing due to increased housing costs, economic disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, and increased homelessness am...

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A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles. When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies. This is outrageous.

What would be the real world impacts of the loss of federal funding for Housing First programs? We modeled it: an additional 44,590 ppl beyond anticipated growth due to economic factors. @jabarocas.bsky.social @kirkfetters.bsky.social @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Potential Changes in US Homelessness by Ending Federal Support for Housing First Programs

This decision analytical model estimates the change in the number of people experiencing homelessness in a year following termination of federal support for Housing First programs.

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“There is no place for us” by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social IS one of the must reads of the year. @nytimes.com & President Obama and many others agree too! If you haven’t read it yet, please do!

Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Truly, genuinely floored by this.

Interested in the overlap between poor health & homelessness-- and how to improve health among people experiencing homelessness> Interested in how health &housing systems should collaborate to end homelessness? Join us today! Noon PT! @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/web...

Webinar: Understanding Health & Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

People experiencing homelessness in California face high rates of chronic illness and disability, and numerous barriers to care. These health challenges make it harder for people to obtain and retain ...

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Interested in the overlap between poor health & homelessness-- and how to improve health among people experiencing homelessness> Interested in how health &housing systems should collaborate to end homelessness? Join us today! Noon PT! @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/web...

Webinar: Understanding Health & Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

People experiencing homelessness in California face high rates of chronic illness and disability, and numerous barriers to care. These health challenges make it harder for people to obtain and retain ...

homelessness.ucsf.edu

📢 New paper alert: We examined long-term housing results among a cohort of older homeless adults. Full article: Factors Associated With Exits From and Returns to Homelessness Among Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/5

Factors Associated With Exits From and Returns to Homelessness Among Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study

Homelessness is dynamic; some individuals cycle between homelessness and housing. In a longitudinal study of 411 adults aged 50 and older who were homeless at study enrollment, we examined the prev...

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I’m heartsick to hear that the incomparable Alice Wong has passed. Her loss will be felt keenly, by many, and for a long time. She is a force, a generous leader and storyteller, and an oracle for disabled futures. Much love to Alice and to all our crip kin and comrades. ❤️‍🩹

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...

423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

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This @nytimes.com piece on the "Vision for Homelessness" in Utah should horrify all people. This NYTimes piece on the "Vision for Homelessness" in Utah should horrify all people. 1/x 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

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Community safety comes from ensuring that everyone has a safe and secure place to live. Community safety comes from ensuring that we have well-funded, high functioning schools. Community safety comes from ensuring everyone has access to the healthcare that they need.

Always good to spend time with @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social — one of the best journalists working on homelessness. #Politifest2025

Thrilled to spend a few days in Ireland with @simoncommunity.bsky.social bringing the American perspective—homelessness is solvable. (Don’t fall into the mistakes of the US)!

Simon Communities of Ireland@simoncommunity.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Today's first speaker @mkushel.bsky.social, University of California, discussed Ageing, Health, and Homelessness. Margot's message was clear, homelessness is solvable! Thank you to Margot for contributing your vast knowledge to our dicussion. #SimonWeek2025 #SimonCares

In the last day, a Fox news reporter responded to his on air colleague advocating for mass internment of people experiencing homelessness by suggesting instead that someone (the government? Bystanders?) pursue lethal injection of them. (He is, as far as I can tell, still employed).

In the last day, a Fox news reporter responded to his on air colleague advocating for mass internment of people experiencing homelessness by suggesting instead that someone (the government? Bystanders?) pursue lethal injection of them. (He is, as far as I can tell, still employed).

📣Homelessness is caused by the disconnect btw housing costs & incomes. In addition to the ⬆️cost of housing-- the lack of labor protections in the US contribute to homelessness. Our new paper using #CAHomelessnessStudy examines this @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Everybody out there in the real world is one paycheck away from being homeless”: job loss and housing precarity among people experiencing homelessness

The United States has fewer labor protections and wage guarantees than most wealthy industrialized nations; thus, workers can fall into economic hardship by the loss of employment, reduction in wor...

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Human beings are not “blight.” And cutting resources while throwing away people’s worldly possessions does not solve homelessness. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

For D.C.’s Homeless, Strained Lives Become More Unstable

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Veteran homelessness has ⬇️by > 1/2, because of Housing First and FUNDING. In @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social @hannahdeckermd.bsky.social study, Vets who gained housing were >2 as likely to catch up on colon and breast ca screening. Housing = Health www.annfammed.org/content/23/4... @annfammed.bsky.social

URGENT: DC to clear many homeless encampments tonight (Thur, Aug 7th). Please spread widely and share with media. My hunch is that this is @MayorBowser working with @realDonaldTrump , but I cannot confirm that yet.

Today’s EO on homelessness is shocking in its cruelty (even for this administration). Cutting funding for housing and health while criminalizing homelessness & mental health and substance use problems will lead to endless suffering and worsen homelessness.

Today’s EO on homelessness is shocking in its cruelty (even for this administration). Cutting funding for housing and health while criminalizing homelessness & mental health and substance use problems will lead to endless suffering and worsen homelessness.

Join us at 9am PT today!

Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · last yr.

Bay Area friends: I’ll be joining KQED Forum live tomorrow (7/22) at 9am PST, along with @mkushel.bsky.social. The conversation will be hosted by @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social.

Bay Area friends: I’ll be joining KQED Forum live tomorrow (7/22) at 9am PST, along with @mkushel.bsky.social. The conversation will be hosted by @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social.

Working Yet Homeless in America | KQED

We talk to journalist Brian Goldstone and Dr. Margot Kushel, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, about the experience of having a job but not housing.

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⭐ Important report from @capolicylab.bsky.social on pilot data from homelessness prevention project 🔑 to homelessness prevention is ID ppr w highest risk, finding them, using evidence based interventions to as many as possible. They did that! RCT results to come. ⬇️ Read the report! lnkd.in/gsYMDiEW

We're looking for a part-time Policy Analyst with lived experience living in CA to support the state's Prevention Services Continuous Quality Improvement Plan. Join us to make a difference for communities and work with great people! Apply using the Careers button here: tinyurl.com/bdfdpmee

“Research shows that housing is not just a solution to homelessness—it's...a direct intervention against violence. People are significantly safer once housed,” says @mkushel.bsky.social. “Investments in permanent housing, supportive services & prevention... are critical...”

Mass stabbing in Salem as 11 rushed to hospital: What to know

Eleven people were rushed to hospital after a mass stabbing occurred at a men's homeless shelter in Salem, Oregon, on Sunday.

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📣Older adults are the fastest growing group of people experiencing homelessness. This @nytimes.com makes the crisis vivid. Proposed cuts & policy changes will make this problem so much worse. @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social Proud to have contributed 🧵 1/x www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

How a Generation’s Struggle Led to a Record Surge in Homelessness

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Bay Area! If you care about homelessness, join Brian Goldstone, author of “There is No Place for Us” at GreenApple Books Thursday June 12 at 7. (And read the book!)

Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · last yr.

Bay Area friends! I'll be at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12th at 7pm. Thrilled to be in conversation with the brilliant @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, author of The Pacific Circuit. Free to attend, or stream it online: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...