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To really reduce homelessness we need to prevent those at risk from ever becoming homeless in the first place.
Because COVID-19 is airborne, we can’t know if the shelter system is as safe as it should be without seeing metrics related to ventilation, filtration and occupancy.
What happens to unhoused people who get COVID-19?
Australia found shelter for more than 33,000 rough sleepers and other homeless people during the pandemic, but a coming surge in homelessness demands a comprehensive national housing strategy.
In the absence of serious efforts by mental health centres, shelters and youth group homes to prevent people from running away from their facilities in the first place, police involvement is necessary.
Pets are a source of physical, psychological and social support for homeless people.
Some people abandon emergency accommodation or refuse to ‘come indoors’ at all, choosing to sleep rough or squat instead.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, missteps in transitioning the incarcerated back to their communities places this already vulnerable populace at greater risk of getting and transmitting the virus.
Police officers are integral front-line workers during this extraordinary crisis. They should be empowered to act as protectors of the vulnerable, not as persecutors of homeless people.
Transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in housing and shelter services.
The largest group of homeless women is between the ages of 25 and 34, and family violence is most often the cause. Their stories testify to the dangers and stresses of not having a place to call home.
The brutal killing of a young homeless woman has led to calls for more crisis accommodation. This is a short-term fix. We have to move beyond crisis management to sustained housing for people at risk.
Studies show that people’s environments influence their mood. The same is true of homeless shelters, which can either help or hurt residents’ psychological well-being — and, possibly, their futures.
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Advertising and Media, Western Sydney University
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Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Marketing, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Western Sydney University
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Post doctoral research fellow, Launch Housing and Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Interior Design and Architecture, Florida State University
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Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Dean and Professor of Social Work, Wayne State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Work, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor in Social Economics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Dean and Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
