The Cost of Homelessness in America | Dr. Dennis Culhane

Homelessness is one of the most visible and urgent policy challenges of our time. But what if the way we respond to it — through shelters, emergency rooms, and jails —...

The Cost of Homelessness in Canada | Steve Pomeroy

Governments often ask whether we can afford to house people experiencing homelessness. Housing policy expert Steve Pomeroy flips the question: how much are we already ...

Housing as Healthcare | Dr. Cheryl Forchuk

In this episode, Dr. Cheryl Forchuk — a leading Canadian researcher and mental health nurse — traces how hospitals shifted from rarely discharging patients into homele...

The Biggest 'Housing First' Trial | Dr. Eric Latimer

In our first three episodes on the Cost of Homelessness, we explored how housing the homeless can often cost less than leaving them in the emergency system. But that's...

Canada's So-Called Homelessness Strategy | Dr. Nick Falvo

Canada’s National Housing Strategy was launched in 2017 with bold promises, including cutting chronic homelessness and core housing need by 50%. But eight years later,...