Homelessness Response Resources
Homelessness Response Resources
Lake County has a working plan to provide prevention, crisis response, and long-term housing solutions to people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.
The resources below contain both information specific to Leadville/Lake County and also national resources to provide a big-picture look at homelessness and housing insecurity. They cover such topics as a general background on homelessness; best practices and legal information around housing and sheltering; research, data, and insights around homelessness relating to violence, economic impacts, rural inequalities, and health care; and shelter impacts on communities and neighborhoods.
We will continually update this page as new resources become available.
For any questions, please email Tim Best, ALC’s Bridge Homelessness Services Director.
Local Resources
- Homelessness Response System (for Leadville/Lake County)
- Homelessness Strategic Plan (developed by the Homelessness Subcommittee)
- Lake County 2024 Housing Needs Assessment
National Resources
Click each topic below for a list of related resources.
Background on Homelessness, Housing & Shelters
- CHFA Area Median Income and Rent Limits
- Data and Trends: US Interagency Council on Homelessness
- Emergency Rental and Eviction Assistance
- Four Clarifications about Housing First
- Homelessness in the U.S.: Statistics and Facts
- Housing Discrimination | Colorado Civil Rights Division
- Housing Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act
- Housing is Healthcare: A Case Study
- Hud Homelessness Definition
- Improving Outcomes for People Experiencing Homelessness
- Invisible People: Changing the Story of Homelessness
- Landlord/Tenant Rights and Legal Resources
- Literature Review of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
- National Alliance to End Homelessness (trainings and information)
- Short video on low-barrier Shelter
- Unsheltered and Uncounted: Rural America’s Hidden Homeless
- Webinar on low-barrier Emergency ShelterShort video on low-barrier Shelter
- What is Housing First?
- When Living in Your Car is Your Last Choice
- Who Lives in Shelters? U.S. Census Data
- Why People Stopped Caring About Homelessness and How to Fix It
Research, Data & Insights
- 7 Takeaways from the 2024 Point in Time Count
- DOLA: Homelessness in Colorado
- Homelessness and Healthcare: What is the Connection?
- Homelessness is a Housing Issue, Not a Crime
- Inner Family & Sexual Abuse
- Myth vs. Fact: Healthcare and Homelessness
- Myths and Facts about Homelessness in Colorado
- National Healthcare of the Homeless Council: Rural Homelessness & Healthcare
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- NIH – Homelessness and Public Health: A Focus on Strategies and Solutions
- Regional Economic Development Institute: Homelessness in Colorado
- US Interagency Council on Homelessness
- Violence Against People Who are Homeless: A Hidden Epidemic
Impact of a Shelter on Communities & Neighborhoods
- Costs and Harms of Homelessness
- The Crime and Safety Blind Spot
- Criminalization and Homelessness Fact Sheet
- Debunking the Shelter/Crime Rate Myth
- Do Shelters and Supportive Housing Harm Neighborhoods?
- Homeless Shelters and Their Neighbors
- Homelessness and Public Health
- Impacts of Supportive Housing on Neighborhoods and Neighbors
- Longitudinal Study of Housing Status and Crime in a Homeless Population
- Myths and Misconceptions About Homelessness
- Not in my Neighborhood
- Providing Homeless People with Housing has Positive Effect on Health, Crime, Employment
- Why Discrimination Against Unhoused People Makes the Housing Crisis Worse