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Nordic and international research recognises the vulnerabilities and often poor outcomes for care leavers. However, their interrelationship with housing or homelessness as a specific outcome of concern is not well established. In this article we provide an overview of Norwegian and Australian studies to highlight the emerging research in this area and applicability to the Nordic context.
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The involvement of people with lived experience is broadly recognised as beneficial, and possibly essential, to effective service and policy planning. However, in the field of homelessness service delivery, this has not been thoroughly researched. This study found that the homelessness services appear to have actively aspired to meaningful service user participation, however tensions for policy and practice remain.
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As this issue of Social Alternatives examining aspects of the national housing and homelessness crisis was being prepared for press the National Cabinet announced new policies agreed to by State, Territory and Commonwealth Governments aimed at ameliorating the escalating crisis in housing affordability and homelessness. This crisis has become a major political issue.
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The social housing sector provides housing to some of society’s most vulnerable people, disproportionately housing people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, the aged and people unable to work. These groups are often more susceptible to health impacts from poor temperature conditions within their home.
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A Secondary Analysis of the Australian National Health Survey 2017–2018. This study aimed to examine the health literacy of Australian adults residing in social housing compared with that of people living in other housing types.
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This paper aims to explore some of the complex physical and mental health needs of those experiencing homelessness. It will act as a leader to the other articles by establishing the nature of the problem and offer a rationale for carrying out a service user needs assessment as part of a review of local service provision in the North West of England against the backdrop of the current COVID-19 epidemic.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze short- and long-run market-sensitive drivers of housing affordability. The study highlights an…
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In Australia, children can experience homelessness alone, without a parent or guardian. There are clear interventions, however, which could be implemented to prevent unaccompanied child homelessness or ensure that it is a brief, supported and one-off experience.
