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Local councils lack the means to tackle homelessness, but are often closest to the people at risk. A national plan should recognise and resource the role councils can play in preventing homelessness.
People’s physical and mental health suffers – all while trying to hold down a job or getting their kids to school.
While all groups experienced increased housing vulnerability after the pandemic hit, only people of Asian descent continued to see their situations worsen in 2021 as the US spent trillions trying to soften the impact.
Evidence suggests that Ontario neither had a shortage of pre-authorized housing starts to accommodate its growing population, nor did it have a shortage of designated land to build such homes.
Improving access to affordable housing and increasing benefit assistance rates are some sustainable solutions to the chronic cycle of homelessness faced by women fleeing violence.
Halfway through its 10-year mandate to address issues like affordability and homelessness, the National Housing Strategy is providing little benefit for the vast majority of vulnerable households.
Cities are clearing homeless encampments, sometimes violently, without providing those who live there any alternatives. Long-term solutions are needed to help people off the streets.
As property values skyrocket, long-term renters — many of whom are elderly — face the very real risk of homelessness.
The redefining of ‘the public’ is a helpful step toward listening to those who have experienced homelessness.
Canadian researchers are exploring unanswered questions about concussion: How to diagnose it accurately and quickly, how to predict outcomes and promote recovery, and how to prevent it altogether.
Governments and organizations must listen to older adults’ experiences with extreme heat, flooding and wildfire smoke to create effective policies and programs
Gambling during homelessness is sometimes motivated out of desperation and in the hope of financial gain.
When it comes to helping students who are homeless during the pandemic, identifying who they are is crucial, says a researcher studying the issue in one of the largest US school districts.
To really reduce homelessness we need to prevent those at risk from ever becoming homeless in the first place.
This approach would cause an outcry, but when it comes to homelessness, addressing only the symptoms has been the norm.
While public libraries and faith-based organizations may not be able to solve the issue of social stigma, looking at how they provide spaces for homeless people is a good place to start.
Women, girls and gender-diverse people have unique experiences of housing and housing loss.
A year after historic protests for police reform, it’s clear that the Toronto Police aren’t sincere about changing how they treat historically over-policed and criminalized communities.
Nurse practitioners can be the missing link between homeless children, housing services and schools, our study shows.
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Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Social Policy, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia
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Honorary Fellow in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
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Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Law and Ageing, UniSA: Justice and Society, University of South Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, De Montfort University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
