Housing and Urban Development
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“Since mandating Housing First in 2013, homelessness has increased 27%, unsheltered homelessness has increased 36%, and chronic homelessness has increased 81%. This is despite the fact that Permanent Housing beds have increased 151%...” (F2026 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity)
Trauma and the Brain
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“Studies in patients with PTSD show alterations in brain areas...including the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex, as well as in neurochemical stress response systems, including Cortisol and norepinephrine” (Bremmer 2006)
Homelessness and PTSD
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“In almost ¾ of both men and women, the onset of PTSD has preceded the onset of homelessness. The results suggest that factors leading to PTSD in the study sample began long before the onset of homelessness and may overlap with factors operative in the genesis of homelessness”. (Norton and Smith 1992)
Research
