George, Michaela F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0863-6615
Bas, Kelsey M. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9827-5150
Blakely, Joseph A. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3557-0201
Saghir, Naila I. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9929-3502
Siebels, Garrett T. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1716-7487
Valle-Contreras, Liliana https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8831-8344
Khan, Sehrish
Article History
Received: 13 November 2024
Accepted: 13 May 2025
First Online: 26 May 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Dominican University of California (#11,135). All participants gave verbal informed consent before enrollment into the study. All authors completed human subject ethical training as a part of the CITI program ().
: All authors (Michaela F. George, Kelsey M. Bas, Joseph A. Blakely, Naila I. Saghir, Garrett T. Siebels, Liliana Valle-Contreras, and Sehrish Khan) give their consent to publish this work.
: This study utilizes qualitative data collection and analysis methodology. The authors followed the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) as described by O’Brien et al. 2014. This methodology was appropriate given what little is known about the root causes of homelessness, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. More details on the study design, data collection, and analysis appear in the Methods section of this research paper.
: The authors declare no competing interests.