The challenges of data collection in nonprofits for performance and funding reports are well-
established in HCI research. Few studies, however, delve into improving the data collection …

We examine justice in data-aided decisions in the context of a scarce societal resource
allocation problem. Non-experts (recruited on Amazon Mechanical Turk) have to determine …

Governmental and organizational policy increasingly claims to be data‐driven, data‐
informed, or knowledge‐driven. We explore the data practices of local governments and …

To be a smart and connected community is an aspiration and orientation. A goal of smart
and connected communities is to make more effective and consistent use of data …

People experiencing homelessness seek support from homeless services systems that
increasingly rely on prioritization algorithms to determine who is the most deserving of …

The way racial disparities get re/produced or challenged by homeless systems is an
underexplored subject in housing studies. This paper advances scholarship on that topic by …

Built for Zero (BFZ) is a novel data-driven method to manage entries into and exits from
homeless systems that is gaining popularity throughout the Global North. By-name data …

This paper reports findings from a study on service provision for people experiencing
homelessness in the Austin/Travis County region. Drawing on 39 interviews with …

This paper explores data and information sharing efforts among local government and
nonprofit organizations that serve people experiencing homelessness as part of the City of …

Homelessness is a significant and growing crisis in the United States. In an effort to more
efficiently and fairly distribute limited housing resources, jurisdictions across the US have …