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Samantha Batko

Samantha Batko

Senior Research Associate

Quality research provides us with the best guidance for developing and implementing effective public policy and programming that improve people’s lives, housing, and communities.

Publications

Brief
Housing and Housing Finance

Evaluation of Rising Up Participant Voices during the Second Year of Implementation

December 1, 2021
Samantha Batko, Amanda Gold, Abigail Williams
Research Report
Crime and Justice

The Value of Ending Veteran and Chronic Homelessness in Four Communities

August 3, 2021
Samantha Batko, Claudia D. Solari, Nicole DuBois
Brief
Housing and Housing Finance

Richmond, Virginia: Response to Homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 13, 2021
Samantha Batko, Nicole DuBois, Abby Boshart
Brief
Housing and Housing Finance

The State of Maine: Response to Homelessness during the COVID-19 Pandemic

July 13, 2021
Samantha Batko, Nicole DuBois, Abby Boshart
Brief
Housing and Housing Finance

Rural and Suburban Ohio: Response to Homelessness during the COVID-19 Pandemic

July 13, 2021
Nicole DuBois, Samantha Batko, Abby Boshart
Brief
Housing and Housing Finance

Chronic Homelessness Initiative: 2020 Progress Snapshot

February 23, 2021
Samantha Batko, Matthew Gerken, Martena Reed, Peace Gwam, Abigail Williams
Research Report
Housing and Housing Finance

Evaluation of Rising Up

January 19, 2021
Amanda Gold, Matthew Gerken, Abigail Williams, Samantha Batko
Research Report
Housing and Housing Finance

Unsheltered Homelessness: Trends, Characteristics, and Homeless Histories

December 3, 2020
Samantha Batko, Alyse D. Oneto, Aaron Shroyer
Research Report
Housing and Housing Finance

Alternatives to Arrests and Police Responses to Homelessness

October 30, 2020
Samantha Batko, Sarah Gillespie, Katrina Ballard, Mary K. Cunningham
Brief
Housing and Housing Finance

Testing the Emergency Rental Assistance Priority Index

October 1, 2020
Samantha Batko, Matthew Gerken, Abigail Williams, Solomon Greene

Research Reports

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