This interactive dashboard visualizes doubled-up homelessness across the United States, providing critical insights into housing insecurity at the community level. Doubled-up homelessness, when individuals or families share housing with others due to economic hardship, represents a form of hidden homelessness that often goes unmeasured in traditional housing studies.

Built using 2018-2022 American Community Survey (ACS) data, the dashboard enables users to explore estimates of doubled-up homelessness by state and Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs), with detailed demographic breakdowns and comparative analysis tools. Users can click on specific geographic areas to view community-level estimates, compare different subgroups using dropdown filters, and see how their community ranks against others through dynamic visualizations.

This tool serves multiple stakeholders: policy analysts can examine factors contributing to housing instability to develop targeted interventions, researchers can analyze demographic patterns and urban-rural differences, and local government officials can better understand their communities' needs to allocate housing resources effectively. The dashboard transforms complex census data into accessible, actionable insights that help address housing insecurity before it escalates to literal homelessness.