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Australia’s rental crisis has been a long-standing problem and will not be repaired unless there is real reform of both supply and demand issues.
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The Homelessness World Cup is a real tournament that has helped hundreds of people all around the world.
A homeless person near an elementary school in Fruitdale Park in Grants Pass, Ore.
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Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
Sometimes emergency housing programs encourage domestic violence survivors to use unsafe alternatives to public programs − even staying with their abusive partner.
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Programs and policies to help domestic abuse survivors find safe housing work only if they’re implemented and supported with resources.
Workers demolish the temporary installation for refugee claimants at Roxham Road in September 2023 in St. Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. Since then, refugee claims have increased.
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We know how to reduce homelessness and uphold our responsibilities to those seeking asylum and protection. Now all we need is the political will.
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The number of people sleeping rough in rural areas has increased by 24% in the last year.
Unhoused people and supporters protest against police as they prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton on Jan. 9, 2024.
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Encampment sweeps in Edmonton are a brutal attack on both human and treaty rights, as well as a continuation of the violent removal of Indigenous Peoples from their land.
Tents belonging to unhoused people on a sidewalk in downtown Edmonton on June 15, 2022.
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Being homeless compounds the risk factors that make people more vulnerable to hate-motivated attacks.
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The pilot project opening in Sydney will use the best available evidence to keep vulnerable people cool on the hottest of days.
Tents at an encampment in Crab Park, Vancouver, in August 2022.
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If passed, B.C.’s Bill 45 will trample over the constitutional rights of unhoused people by ignoring shelter barriers, Indigenous rights and the need for daytime shelter
Portland, Maine, officials ordered that a park be cleared on Sept. 28, 2022, of people who were homeless and that any trash be removed before a visit by a candidate for governor.
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To be homeless is a condition in which a person’s freedom is profoundly compromised. And that’s un-American, says a philosopher.
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It takes time to make more affordable long-term housing options available. So what can be done in the meantime? We can start by prioritising well-designed, supportive transitional housing.
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Homeless families rehoused in temporary are bearing the brunt of the high travel costs and policies ill-designed to accommodate their specific needs.
Protesters demonstrate against the eviction of a homeless encampment under the Ville-Marie expressway in Montréal in July 2023.
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Front-line workers who support unhoused people say far from being a form of support, mixed police squads add a layer of surveillance and harassment.
Philly schools counted 4,675 homeless children in the 2021-22 school year – but the numbers are likely higher.
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A professor of counseling who researches homelessness offers tips to help parents gets the school support and accommodations for their children.
A tent on the sidewalk in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Cash transfers can help people find suitable accommodations and save governments money.
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Researchers found that most homeless people spent the money they received on rent, food and other living costs.
As July temperatures soared to triple digits, hundreds of homeless people lived on the street outside Phoenix’s largest shelter.
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As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
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New refugees have just 28 days to access the essential services they need to rebuild their lives in the UK. In the ‘destitution gap’, many will become homeless.
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Refusing accommodation that is inaccessible can leave disabled people without a home and ineligible for support.
American downtowns were facing headwinds even before the pandemic began.
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Post-pandemic pressures are compounding stresses cities were already facing, leading to the hollowing out of some American cities.