Housing and Health

Initial Questions to Consider

• How have my own housing situations affected my mental and physical health? How have they affected me positively? Negatively?
• What does it feel like to have a safe, stable place to rest each day?

PTSD and Houselessness: Interview with Dr. William Dodson

Houselessness and Mental Health

• 2019 Point in Time Survey – statistics about Houselessness and mental health (see p. 38) – Metro Denver Homeless
• #MyHungerGames: On Homelessness and Mental Illness (video – 5:21) – Project UROK

Housing and Health

• Where You Live Has a Huge Impact on Your Health (video – 9:03) – Healthcare Triage
• Unhealthy by Design: Public Health Consequences of Denver’s Criminalization of Homelessness – University of Colorado Denver and Denver Homeless Out Loud
• Homelessness & Adverse Childhood Experiences: The health and behavioral health consequences of childhood trauma – National Health Care for the Homeless Council
• Homelessness in America: Focus on Chronic Homelessness Among People with Disabilities – United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

Housing First Model: Housing (Not Just Supportive Services) Ends Houselessness

• The Housing First approach to homelessness (video – 13:45) – Ted Talk by Lloyd Pendleton
• News Story about Colorado Village Collaborative (video – 6:36) – CBS This Morning