Photo by Martijn Crowe In several cities all over the world, some measures are taken for remove homeless from the street. We are not talking […]
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Study shows high public cost of homelessness
Failing to help the homeless can come with a high cost to the public purse, with many ending up in hospitals for treatment of substance […]
Suddenly Homeless – Five First Steps To Ending Homelessness
Making a dent in the nation’s homeless problem might not be easy but it’s possible to draw a picture to show a way forward. At […]
Save Our Reproductive Health Bill
Of all the social issues, I become most passionate about irresponsible parenthood. Just seeing homeless street children makes me see red. Just this morning, I […]
America’s shame: 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT kids
LOS ANGELES – About 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT, and nearly all homeless youth service providers in the U.S. now serve LGBT youth, […]
Hastings, Other Lawmakers Rally Congress To Combat Homeless Violence
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – They will urinate on you. They will throw rocks at you while you sleep. They will even chew off your face. These […]
Rhode Island adopts homeless bill of rights: Do we need one?
Some believe the homeless deserve special protection, in fact their own bill of rights. The Rhode Island law is designed to “affirm” the rights of the homeless and […]
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Shared political will is crucial to halve homelessness
Back in 2008, when newly minted prime minister Kevin Rudd announced Labor’s goals for halving homelessness and providing all rough sleepers with access to accommodation […]
“They just don’t want to work.”
I still hear it said about homeless by many, in Europe, in South America, in Asia. In São Paulo you can see many homeless people on […]
‘Landmark day’ as new legislation to protect the homeless is passed in Scotland
THE law will entitle those made homeless through no fault of their own, to settled accommodation. EXTRA cash to help prevent people losing their homes […]
Back-to-work scheme ‘failing homeless’
Homeless people are being failed by the government’s flagship back-to-work programme despite large amounts of public money being given to private firms to cut chronic […]
New homeless rules a ‘profound and astonishing’ shift in housing policy
The responsibility of councils to homeless households will change. Why has nobody noticed? For as long as I can remember, councils have been considered a […]
Critics say new definition of ‘homeless’ too broad, includes those only ‘at risk’
Canada’s first official definition of homelessness, published this week by a team of Toronto-based of researchers, includes people who are simply “at risk” of ending […]
Giving the homeless a place to live costs less than providing shelters and emergency services
Last month, the Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) released a compilation report on the costs of caring for Canadians on the street. While homeless advocates […]