Terner Center for Housing Innovation - UC Berkeley

Better housing outcomes for families and veterans point to the importance of well-resourced and targeted homelessness programs

California’s affordable housing shortage and enduring poverty are major drivers of the state’s homelessness crisis,1 but efforts to resolve or prevent homelessness are most effective when targeted to people’s specific circumstances. Homelessness services, shelter, and housing programs in California serve a diverse population, and there are often different programs for different groups of people, such as families, unaccompanied youth, or adults living without children. To understand how homelessness programs are working to address the distinct…