Investing in policies that increase housing stability preserves health care access and reduces costs for courts, jails, emergency rooms, and other systems.
Individuals experiencing homelessness face huge gaps in access to healthcare services, which leads to costly reliance on emergency services. Evictions exacerbate this challenge because they increase the risk of Medicaid disenrollment.
Research shows that when people with complex needs are offered stable housing and supportive services, they quickly enter housing and stay there. Interactions with other systems are also reduced, including: decline in police interactions, reduction in jail stays and jail days, and decline in short-term or city-funded detoxification services.
Additional related resource:
Increase funding for permanent supportive housing and eviction prevention.
Topic: Housing Stability