Homelessness in America: The History and Tragedy of an Intractable Social Problem by 
Homelessness in America: A Reference Handbook by 
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns by 
Homeless Voices: Stigma, Space, and Social Media by 
Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in Paradise by 
Hunger in the Land of Plenty by 
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by 
The Homelessness Industry by 
No Longer Homeless by 
Stand Together or Starve Alone by 
Evicted by 
Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream by 
From Farm to Fork by 
The Unending Hunger by 
The Value of Homelessness: Managing Surplus Life in the United States by Conducted by the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC), the Count is mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and serves as a snapshot of homelessness in the county on a single night.
Includes plans to address homelessness in Santa Barbara, 2022.
Includes measurement of goals related to homelessness in Santa Barbara, 2021.
Cottage Hospital report about health issues and homelessness in Santa Barbara, 2019.
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From the Hope Center (above)
By the Santa Barbara County Homeless Death Review Team (HDRT).
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At this point, we need to move beyond being surprised at the numbers and develop action plans, and the authors of this report provide many recommendations for that critical work.
In February 2015, California State University Chancellor Timothy White commissioned a study to shed light on how CSU campuses were meeting the needs of displaced and food insecure students and to offer recommendations to ensure success and graduation for these students.
In 2014, University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC’s 10 chancellors launched the UC Global Food Initiative. Because there is limited data about food security among college students, the University of California is working to better understand the scope of food insecurity on its campuses.
From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Flaws in policies related to jobs and wages, affordable housing, and affordable education interact to increase the risks faced by economically vulnerable students who enter college without secure housing, or who lose it during the course of their studies.
From the Hope Center (above).