People struggling with homelessness often have limited control over their belongings and face the constant risk of being separated from their possessions.
Homeless people at the 42nd Street and Bryant Park subway station in New York City, March 9, 2020.
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People may not have a criminal record before they become homeless, but they likely will afterward due to laws intended to keep people with nowhere to go out of sight.
A homeless woman sits bundled against the cold in New York City, January 2016.
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Solving homelessness doesn’t just mean finding someone a physical home. A program run in New Haven, Connecticut, focuses on helping people see themselves as members of their communities – as citizens.
The leader of Windsor council wants the streets cleared of homeless people ahead of the royal wedding – saying some people are choosing to sleep rough.
When this is home, bad weather can make a bad situation much worse.
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Extreme weather is hard enough for those with a home. But imagine losing everything you own in a storm - that’s the experience of many homeless people forced to live out in the open during wild weather.
Even though they don’t consistently have a roof over their heads, the homeless do their best to create a routine, form communities and make a home – just like the rest of society.
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.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences/Investigator at the VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy, University of California, Los Angeles