Ep. 124: Reducing Homelessness with Rapid Rehousing with Brian Blackwell

Rapid rehousing provides short-term rental assistance to help people experiencing homelessness find market-rate housing. Brian Blackwell shares new research finding that it may be more effective than we thought.

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Show notes:

• Blackwell, B., & Gross, M. (2026). Does Rapid Re-Housing reduce homelessness? Journal of Urban Economics, 154, 103889.
• Episode 64 of UCLA Housing Voice: Ending Family Homelessness with Beth Shinn.
• Episode 66 of UCLA Housing Voice: Chronic Homelessness and Housing First with Tim Aubry.
• Episode 87 of UCLA Housing Voice: Rental Voucher Lease-Up Rates with Sarah Strochak. 
• Evans, W. N., Sullivan, J. X., & Wallskog, M. (2016). The impact of homelessness prevention programs on homelessness. Science, 353(6300), 694-699.
• Cohen, E. (2024). Housing the homeless: the effect of placing single adults experiencing homelessness in housing programs on future homelessness and socioeconomic outcomes. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 16(2), 130-175.