The Homelessness Research Institute is the research and education arm of the Alliance and is tasked with building the intellectual capital around homelessness and disseminating that information in a clear, comprehensible way.
The Homelessness Research Institute, the research and education arm of the Alliance, builds and disseminates knowledge that informs policy change.

The goals of the Homelessness Research Institute are to build the intellectual capital around solutions to homelessness; to advance data and research so that policymakers, practitioners, and the caring public have the best information about trends in homelessness and emerging solutions; and to engage the media to ensure intelligent reporting on the issue.

To contact the Homelessness Research Institute, please email Pete Witte.

Spotlight

Newsletters  |  November 23, 2011
Focus: Veteran Research
Report  |  October 5, 2011
Annual prevalence estimates for homeless youth in the U.S. have ranged as high as 1.6 million among those aged 13-17 (Ringwalt et al., 1998). In this report, researchers present a history of typologies of homeless youth and also suggest recommendations for further research on this population.
Report  |  September 28, 2011
Based on new evidence about increased poverty and future economic trends, the Alliance estimates that in the next three years homelessness in the United States could increase by 5 percent, or 74,000 people.
Report  |  January 11, 2011
The State of Homelessness in America, the first report of its kind, investigates the changes in homelessness across the country. In addition, the Alliances examines economic indicators and demographic drivers of homelessness, examining how eight factors contribute to increased risk of homelessness among vulnerable populations.
Report  |  December 1, 2010
| In the second of our Economy Bytes series, the Alliance examines the characteristics of the working poor population. The brief reflects on the how the recession and it's economic impacts affect this population and it's risk for experiencing homelessness.

Library Resources

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Interactive Tool  |  February 25, 2011
This map serves as a database of January 2011 point-in-time counts that have been reported in media reports or on Continuum of Care/government websites. Red markers indicate reports of increases and green markers indicate reports of decreases. Stories of partial counts (e.g. unsheltered only or families only) are not included. Links to the report are included.
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Interactive Tool  |  December 6, 2010
Working Poor Population by State
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Newsletters  |  November 8, 2010
The Homelessness Research Institute released the Fall 2010 Research Newsletter with a focus on international research.
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Report  |  September 7, 2010
| The Alliance released the third Quarterly Leadership Council Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Report, which documents the progress of 13 cities implementing their HUD-funded prevention and rapid re-housing programs.
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Newsletters  |  July 8, 2010
Focus On Homeless Prevention
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Conference Presentation  |  June 26, 2010
Presentation by Alliance staff member M William Sermons during the African American Homeless Veterans workshop at the 2010 Annual Conference of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV.
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Fact Sheets  |  April 28, 2010
This short brief provides a description of the official methods of including people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. decennial census and, when available, the results of those efforts. Additionally, the fact sheet includes a brief look into the enumeration of populations similar to those we consider homeless today.
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Audio  |  April 6, 2010
M Williams Sermons, director of the Homelessness Research Institute at the Alliance to End Homelessness, on why the aging baby boomer generation may make up a large amount of a new population of seniors living in poverty. KCBS Radio, San Francisco.
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Report  |  April 1, 2010
There is some troubling evidence that homelessness is increasing among elderly adults. In this report, the Homelessness Research Institute presents this evidence and projects that homelessness among the elderly population will increase by 33 percent by 2020, and more than double by 2050.
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Newsletters  |  February 25, 2010
Focus On Homeless Youth
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Interactive Tool  |  January 26, 2010
This Interactive Map presents the results of all point-in-time counts that have been conducted by local communities across the country from 2005 to 2008 and reported to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Report  |  January 12, 2009
In 2007, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released Homelessness Counts, establishing a 2005 baseline for measuring progress in the fight to end homelessness. This report is a follow up to that report. Here, we analyze the changes from 2005 to 2007, looking more closely at changes at the state level and among subpopulations.