About Homelessness Hub

Who We Are

We engage in research and education that support impactful solutions to end homelessness and provide dignified housing for all.

Homelessness Hub at UC San Diego is a research hub engaging in applied, community-partnered research. We organize and produce data and analyses for use by researchers, students, policymakers, elected officials, business leaders, service providers, stakeholders, and community members.

Our vision is to be relevant as a trusted organization recognized for its integrity and quality of research and analysis focused on homelessness. 

Our Guiding Values

We center our work on the following core values:

1) Community Responsive and Impactful: we prioritize research that addresses real-world challenges, is shaped by the needs of communities, and contributes practical insights for decision-makers, service providers, and advocates;.

2) Authentic Partnership with Lived Experience: we recognize lived experience as a form of expertise and strive to build relationships based on respect, trust, shared decision-making, and mutual benefit.

3) Excellence in Research and Capacity-building: we contribute rigorous scholarship while building research capacity across campus, organizations, and communities working to address homelessness and housing insecurity.

4) Learning, Dialogue, and Knowledge Exchange: we develop initiatives and sponsor events that foster conversation and learning on the causes, consequences, and solutions to homelessness.

5) Accessibility and Knowledge Mobilization: we are committed to translating evidence into formats that support informed decision-making by community members, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the public.

6) Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice: we actively examine and address systemic barriers and inequities, ensuring that our research processes, partnerships, and outcomes contribute to greater fairness and belonging.