Policy Category: Homelessness
Pathways to Support Mixed-Status Immigrant Families Receiving Federal Housing Assistance
Note: HUD released a prepublication copy of the rule on February 19, 2026, and it is scheduled to be published…

Supporting the Implementation of CalAIM within Permanent Supportive Housing
This series of case studies focuses on how organizations are leveraging CalAIM, an initiative to improve California’s Medicaid program, to help people become and remain housed.

The Potential End of Emergency Housing Voucher Funding: Public Housing Agencies’ Search for Solutions
Authors: Christi Economy, Research Associate Ryan Finnigan, Deputy Director of Research Claudia Aiken, Director of New Research Partnerships, NYU Furman…

Changes to Federal Homelessness Funding Could Put More than 32,000 People in California at Risk of Losing Their Homes
Author: Ryan Finnigan, Deputy Director of Research California has been investing significantly in permanent housing for people exiting homelessness in…

Navigating the Post-Subsidy Cliff: Considerations for Families Approaching the End of Rapid Rehousing
Authors: Tessa Nápoles, Postdoctoral Researcher, Terner Center Christina Economy, Research Associate, Terner Center Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor, Terner…

Permanent Supportive Housing: Building On What Works To End Chronic Homelessness
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) homelessness counts for 2024 show continued increases across much of the country.…

Stretched to Capacity: The Challenges Facing California’s Homelessness Service Providers
Author: Ryan Finnigan In recent years, nonprofit homelessness organizations in California have substantially increased the breadth and scale of the…

How Homelessness Programs Are Serving Four Populations in California
California’s affordable housing shortage and enduring poverty are major drivers of the state’s homelessness crisis,1 but efforts to resolve or…

Five Recent Trends in Homelessness in California
This report, the first in a series, describes the number and characteristics of people experiencing homelessness in California and documents…

Permanent Supportive Housing as a Solution to Homelessness: The Critical Role of Long-Term Operating Subsidies
This study aims to quantify the costs of operating PSH—including both the costs of managing the property and providing supportive…
