Homelessness Hub Research Matters blog
Racial and Gender Bias in the VI-SPDAT Courtney Cronley / University of Tennessee
A single, unvalidated measure of vulnerability is widely used by service providers across Canada and the U.S. to determine who is most in need of housing: the Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritization and Decision Tool (VI-SPDAT). This week’s Research Matters blog Racial and Gender Bias in the VI-SPDAT summarizes new evidence of racial and gender bias in the tool’s use.