Interactive Tools + Solutions

The Homelessness Research Institute has developed interactive maps, calculators, and charts to improve understanding of concepts related to ending homelessness.

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Interactive Tool | March 28, 2012
This map serves as a database of January 2012 point-in-time counts that have been reported in media reports or on Continuum of Care/government websites.
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Interactive Tool | November 16, 2011
The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development estimate that 76,329 veterans were homeless on a given night in 2010. This map shows how many veterans are estimated to be homeless in each state.
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Interactive Tool | April 28, 2011
This map serves as a database of media articles about state and local budgets that have proposed cuts to homeless programs in the most recent fiscal year (2011 or 2012).
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Interactive Tool | January 10, 2011
Doubled Up People by State - State of Homelessness 2011
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Interactive Tool | January 10, 2011
Severe Housing Cost Burden Among Poor Households by State - State of Homelessness 2011
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Interactive Tool | July 4, 2010
This interactive chart shows per household prevention and rapid re-housing spending for the thirteen cities profiled in the Alliance's Quarterly Leadership Council HPRP Report: April - June 2010.
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Interactive Tool | June 29, 2010
The Alliance research brief Economic Bytes: Doubled up in the United States estimates that there are 4.8 million people living in a housing unit with extended family, friends, and other non-relatives due to economic hardship, earning no more than 125 percent of the federal poverty level. This map shows how many of the 4.8 million reside in each state.
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Interactive Tool | June 21, 2010
This interactive chart illustrates the Alliance's understanding of the necessary reductions in homelessness, as measured during January point-in-time counts, that correspond to the goals set forth in the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness' Opening Doors: The Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness.
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Interactive Tool | May 4, 2010
This interactive spreadsheet serves as a database of the 243 Plans that have been collected by the Alliance.
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Interactive Tool | April 15, 2010
This interactive map identifies the geographic distribution of the homeless population for each of the 50 states.
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Interactive Tool | April 15, 2010
This interactive stacked bar chart illustrates the relative costs of permanent supportive housing and homelessness (prior to supportive housing) for both urban and rural areas in the state of Maine.
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Interactive Tool | April 15, 2010
This interactive tool shows the communities with the largest homeless populations and highest rates of homelessness.
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Interactive Tool | March 1, 2010
This interactive stacked bar chart illustrates the relative costs of permanent supportive housing and homelessness (prior to supportive housing) in five different communities: Portland, ME; New York, NY; Rhode Island; Portland, OR, and Denver, CO.