Homelessness
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Homelessness among people with severe and persistent mental illness is a complex public health challenge, with homelessness and mental illness linked in a bi-directional relationship that worsens health outcomes and complicates effective care.
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In 2024, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the EU estimated that more than two million people were experiencing homelessness across the 38 member countries.
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Often, young people leaving out-of-home care and homelessness services receive minimal ongoing support, complicating their transition to independent living.
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This editorial reflects on the trend of the most recent edition of the journal’s articles to highlight structural factors as the cause, and therefore solution, of homelessness.
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Homelessness in Canada continues to worsen year after year. Despite the shift from punitive, neoliberal policies to a human rights-based…
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Studies in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and across Europe have highlighted similar workforce challenges in the homeless services sector and concerns about their impact on staff turnover. This study used quantitative and qualitative data from a national survey of frontline homeless services workers in the U.S. to answer questions about workers’ intention to leave their current job and reasons for intending to leave.
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This study investigates patterns in services use among employed homeless people accessing the St. Vincent de Paul Society Queensland, for the years 2013 to 2023.
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This research project examines the effectiveness of Australia’s supported accommodation services in meeting the needs of unaccompanied children and young people aged 12–24. It proposes principles to guide policy and practice toward a better system.
