Of those who have experienced homelessness, 62% cite family breakdown or conflict as the main reason for becoming homeless for the first time.
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Parental separation substantially raises the risk of homelessness by the age of 30 for girls and boys, but only boys are affected by a break-up after the age of 12.
A homeless Vietnam vet begs for money on a Boston street in 2012.
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Homelessness among veterans overall is on the decline. But researchers see an increasing number of homeless vets who are single mothers or supporting young families.
The person using this shelter in New South Wales certainly meets the official definition of homeless, but how they see themselves is important.
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People who self-identify as ‘homeless’ have poorer wellbeing than others in the same circumstances, yet that’s the label they must adopt to qualify for help.
The budget brought no increase in rent assistance to help low-income renters in the private rental market.
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Owning a home has deep cultural and economic connotations. A home owner is a member of a street, a community. They are a successful adult human. They own a piece of the pie, the dream.
A director of a supportive housing center in Bronx, New York, talks with a resident and case worker in December 2015.
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About one in three homeless people has a significant mental illness. Providing housing for them has proved to be a boost not only to them and their communities, but also to budgets. Here’s why.
Andy Burnham.
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The symptoms are clear, but the cure will remain elusive until we recognise the many sources of the problem.
People have camped in the long grass since colonisation. From this perspective, bans on the practice are a denial of Indigenous agency, culture and rights to country.
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In contrast to perceptions of other homeless people sleeping rough, Darwin’s “long-grassers” are applying a long cultural tradition to deal with the situation in which they find themselves.
Rafael West, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) and Arturo Escobar, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Evidence increasingly shows the effectiveness of controversial efforts, like northeastern Brazil’s Attitude Programme, to feed and house at-risk drug users.
A collaborative painting by Chris Honig and homeless street artists Soloe and Jubs in Hosier Lane.
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Some say homelessness creates squalor in our cities. But Hosier Lane — the most Instagrammed spot in Melbourne — thrives partly due to homeless street artists.
Under pressure from media coverage like this, Lord Mayor Robert Doyle wants to ban people from sleeping on Melbourne’s streets.
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Bans are ineffective when used against populations that have nowhere else to go. Importantly, research shows that punitive approaches to the homeless cost more than supported housing strategies.
Homeless children charged in NSW with a criminal offence who are unable to meet bail conditions are being kept in custody. It’s due, in part, to a well-meant but flawed section of the Bail Act.
New psychoactive substances, same problematic users.
The financial safety net for South African children is better than in most countries. But other vulnerabilities aren’t taken care of adequately.
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The lack of service integration and the paucity of welfare services make poor people’s task of caring for their familes much harder. A small monthly cash transfer can’t solve all their challenges.