Faculty: Thomas Byrne

Prof. Byrne’s Report on Needs of Homeless Population during COVID-19 Garners National Media Coverage

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to kill more than 3,400 people experiencing homelessness across the United States. Read Assistant Professor Thomas Byrne‘s new report here. In The Media Cambridge Day: Watch meetings on freezing rents and evictions; expanding Internet; closing streets; school funds CBS Los Angeles: Coronavirus Could Kill Hundreds of Homeless People in LA County The […]

Needs for Homeless Population Critical Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to kill more than 3,400 people experiencing homelessness across the United States, according to new estimates from researchers at Boston University’s School of Social Work (BUSSW), the University of Pennsylvania and UCLA. Further, the virus could hospitalize some 21,295 people who don’t have housing, or about 4.3% of the nationwide homeless population, […]