With the number of people experiencing homelessness continuing to rise, prevention is one powerful way to address the crisis. By identifying who is at risk of housing insecurity, medical professionals can better direct patients to homelessness prevention services. New research, led by Prof. Thomas Byrne from BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and published in […]
Soaring rent prices and low wages have exacerbated homelessness, a situation that grows more dire by the day. A study covering this situation by BUSSW Prof. Thomas Byrne, Zillow’s Chris Glynn, and University of Pennsylvania Prof. Dennis P. Culhane is featured in a Medium article by Housing is a Human Right, a subsidiary of the […]
On February 15th, Prof. Thomas Byrne will be joined by Harvard research analyst Riordan Frost for a presentation at the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA), on how designers of shelter and homeless housing can use data to better understand the current homelessness crisis. What used to be understood as an indicator of poverty or economic […]
The Boston Globe highlighted a recent study by PhD Candidate Megan Smith and Associate Professor Thomas Byrne revealing Rhode Island’s inconsistent and troublesome qualifications process for subsidized housing that exceeds what federal mandates require. In addition, the study revealed frustrations with attaining public records from housing developments. While this study considered Rhode Island independently, it […]