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Los Angeles Times: This year’s homeless count was canceled. Is it time to rethink it?

The first step toward ending homelessness for good anywhere is building a community-wide data system accountable to a community-level aim to end all forms of homelessness.
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Gathering real-time data is the first step to ending homelessness

From the New York Times: How Many Americans Are Homeless? No One Knows
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New York Times: How Many Americans Are Homeless? No One Knows

A by-name list is a comprehensive list of every person in a community experiencing homelessness, updated in real-time.
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What is a by-name list?

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Bloomberg CityLab: Is there a Better Way to Collect Data on Homelessness?

Homeless street outreach. HUD requires an annual point-in-time count to measure homelessness. By-name lists provide a clearer picture of the state of homelessness.
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Yes, there’s a better way to measure homelessness than the annual point-in-time count

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NPR: For Many Areas, Count Of Homeless Population Is Canceled, Or Delayed

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What is a shift, a by-name list, and what do they have to do with ending homelessness?

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NPR’s “Planet Money” features Built for Zero

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How by-name lists help communities end homelessness

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