Exploring homelessness among people living in encampments and associated cost : city approaches to encampments and what they cost / submitted by Lauren Dunton [and 4 others].
Publication Info.
Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2020.
1 online resource (approximately 78 pages) : color illustrations
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online resource cr rdacarrier
Note
"February 2020"--Title page.
"January 2021"--Back cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 62).
Note
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (HUD, viewed December 17, 2021).
Contents
1. Introduction. 1.1. Research approach -- 1.2. Report organization -- 2. Understanding encampments. 2.1. Definitions of encampments -- 2.2. Reasons people form encampments -- 3. Nature of encampments and their residents. 3.1. Encampment environments -- 3.2. Characteristics of encampment residents -- 4. Strategies cities are using to address encampments. 4.1. Responding to encampments -- 4.2. Prioritization of encampments responses -- 4.3. Linking the strategy for responding to encampments to the broader effort to end homelessness -- 5. Carrying out the strategy : leadership, implementation partners, and activities. 5.1. Coordinating the city effort -- 5.2. Implementation partners common across cities -- 5.3. Other implementation partners -- 5.4. Core activities for responding to encampments -- 6. Direct costs of encampment responses. 6.1. Overall costs and costs by type of activity -- 6.2. Spending by implementation partners -- 6.3. Sources of funding for encampment responses -- 6.4. Major activities before FY 2019 -- 6.5. Emergency medical costs -- 7. Conclusion.
