Rough Sleeping
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Drawing on surveys and semi-structured interviews with bylaw officers, our analysis demonstrates that bylaw officers have been called upon to manage a “crisis of complaints” related to the increasing visibility of homelessness across Ontario.
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This article advocates the implementation of dual-purpose individual shelters in urban areas; they should help the homeless in the cold season and also serve as temporary emergency shelters in crisis situations such as earthquakes, floods, or others.
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Provides an overview analysis which highlights homelessness as a critical social problem, drawing links to labour market and housing market trends, and to social security and affordable housing policy developments.
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This study investigated the effectiveness of the ‘Housing First’ approach in supporting care leavers’ transition to independent living in Malta.
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A landmark study by Impact Economics finds the number of people at risk of homelessness has surged 63 per cent to three million, overwhelming the capacity of homelessness services who have had to close their doors to people desperately seeking help.
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This article argues that accommodating homeless women in industrial areas on the outskirts of the city is an accommodation strategy which increases these women’s precarity.
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The short-term responses to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling have made society’s flaws clear. However, if governments adjust policies from criminalization to rehabilitation, the long-term effects can shift to a solution to the homelessness crisis, instead of adding to it.
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This study evaluated an emergency housing accommodation with low support to assess its feasibility and impact.
