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Research-informed information from Design Resources for Homelessness about how to apply trauma-informed design ideas to shelter interiors is now a reality in Burlington, Vermont.  Facilities director Jonathan Farrell of the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) has…

Like many micropolitan cities, Bozeman, Montana is wrestling with the critical need for affordable housing and high demand. One emerging solution is a Tiny Home village that will offer microhomes, plus a community center providing a…

The 2018 Novem Mason Symposium at the University of North Carolina Greensboro played host to a Design Resources for Homelessness 3 hour workshop exploring the needs of persons without housing in March of 2018. Eighteen students…

DRH provided a presentation at the 2017 annual gathering of the Florida Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing in Orlando October 28-30, 2017. The presentation, entitled “Can your buildings and rooms be a prescription for healing?…

A research group led by psychologist Dr. Nick Maguire at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom has referenced the DRH Review of Research report (available at http://designresourcesforhomelessness.org/people-1/education/) in their work for the Basingstoke and Deane Borough…

Design Resources for Homelessness has been included as an example of “Designing for the Greater Good” in the forthcoming design textbook Fundamentals of Interior Design: Design Thinking for the Built Environment by Steve Webber, Assistant Professor…

The Interior Design Educators Council has awarded DRH with the 2017 national Media Award. Reviewers remarked that the DRH website is very timely, and makes a socially responsible contribution to what we know. The Interior Design…

An August 2016 article in the Wisconsin State Journal raised awareness about conditions in a Wisconsin homeless shelter for women. Inspired by information in the article provided by Design Resources for Homelessness, volunteer citizens took action to make…