Research and Practice Guides
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Written Resources
Trauma-Informed Housing: A Toolkit for Advancing Equity and Economic Opportunity in Affordable Housing
Preservation of Affordable Housing. “Trauma-Informed Housing: A Toolkit for Advancing Equity and Economic Opportunity in Affordable Housing.”
POAH created this toolkit to inspire mission-driven housing providers to adopt a trauma-informed approach to housing. Use this toolkit to learn, spark ideas and adapt this model to your work.
Trauma-Informed Design Workbook, Version 4
Bassetti Architects. (2023). “Trauma-Informed Design Workbook, Version 4.”
The TID Workbook is designed to be an open source document of trauma informed design principals and tools that can help to shape learning environments that support students and teachers who have experienced trauma.
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Urban Outdoor Spaces: Pathways to Inclusive Design
Rosato, Gabriele. (2025). Trauma-Informed Approaches to Urban Outdoor Spaces: Pathways to Inclusive Design.
This chapter from the book, Streets for people. Individuals in outdoor environments: projects, practices and research for the psychophysical well-being, published by Anteferma Edizioni, considers the city not merely as a backdrop for social life, but as an active agent that can support or impair psychophysical well-being, depending on how it is designed, inhabited, and regulated.
The Call for Trauma-Informed Design Research and Practice
Dietkus, Rachael. (2022). The Call for Trauma‐Informed Design Research and Practice. Design Management Review. 33. 26-31. 10.1111/drev.12295.
This paper makes the argument that becoming a trauma-informed designer is crucial to finding solutions that respond to the many complex problems we face as a society.
Trauma-Informed Design Quick Reference Guide
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2023). “Trauma-Informed Design Quick Reference Guide.”
This Quick Reference Guide was developed as part of HUD’s ongoing efforts to adopt trauma-informed practices into the way we design and deliver services.
Trauma-Informed Design of Supported Housing: A Scoping Review through the Lens of Neuroscience
Owen, C.; Crane, J. Trauma-Informed Design of Supported Housing: A Scoping Review through the Lens of Neuroscience. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14279. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114279
Trauma Informed Design Process
Shopworks Architecture Group, 14 Engineering, & University of Denver Center for Housing and Homelessness Research (2021). “Implementing a Four-Phased Trauma Informed Design Process: Promoting Physical Health, Mental Health, and Well-Being Through Trauma-Informed Design.”