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Strategies to Address Homelessness at Airports
(2023)
Abstract
Damon Fordham, Juliana Urrego, Mia Stephens, Carrie Miller, Bridget Smith,
Marisa Zapata, John MacArthur, Anna Rockhill, Jacen Greene, Samantha Batko,
Lynden Bond, Abigail Williams, Mark Crosby, Dennis Culhane
There has been an increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness at airports
in recent years. There are many reasons for this, including an increase in people experiencing
unsheltered homelessness in the United States and the attractiveness of airports for this population
due to their relative safety, transit accessibility, climate-controlled shelter, and access
to food and amenities. Responses by airports have been varied as they wrestle with how to
balance their primary function of serving the traveling public with dealing respectfully with
people experiencing homelessness. Research was needed to help airports partner with local
community-based resources for developing and implementing strategies to address homelessness
at airport facilities.
The research, led by The Cadmus Group, began with a review of foundational and contextual
factors; this review also helped identify a broad range of stakeholders to be interviewed.
This was followed by a comprehensive outreach plan that included airport and governmental
institutions, homelessness organizations, and one-on-one interviews with people experiencing
homelessness to ensure that these groups could contribute to the research. The research team
Keywords
- homelessness,
- aiports
Disciplines
Publication Date
2023
DOI
10.17226/27101
Citation Information
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Strategies to
Address Homelessness at Airports. Washington, DC: The National Academies
Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27101.