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The government’s homelessness strategy has some positives – but ‘business as usual’ is a false economy.
Homelessness is solvable through affordable and supportive housing. Hospitals should be part of the solution.
Canada and other countries have adopted a Housing First approach to addressing homelessness. To be effective, the approach must be accompanied by policies that tackle broader economic and housing issues.
A trained social worker helps people without homes obtain the support they need and addresses other residents’ concerns about street safety.
The US Supreme Court’s high-profile Grants Pass ruling allows cities to clear homeless encampments, even if they can’t offer shelter. A scholar explains why a Housing First approach is more effective.
Our governments now have all the evidence they need to end homelessness. The new National Housing and Homelessness Plan is an opportunity to put it into practice.
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.
Research for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute proposes a path forward to reduce, and even eliminate, homelessness in Australia.
When the moratorium on evictions ends, even more Australians will face housing insecurity and homelessness. Beyond the moral and health cases, there’s a powerful financial reason to end homelessness.
Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles’ recent experiences may be an important part of the discussion.
In the last decade, Canadian cities have made huge strides in the way policy-makers approach the homeless. The right tool-kit alongside community knowledge can go a long way to curbing homelessness.
A fundraising initiative in Scotland has made headlines, but good intentions are not enough when it comes to helping vulnerable people.
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Research Fellow, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Director of the Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness, University of Southern California
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Associate Professor, Associate Head of School (Research), co-leader of the research network HOME, Deakin University
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Professor of Geography and Vice President of Research and Innovation, University of Winnipeg
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Lecturer/Research Fellow in Housing and Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Sociologist and Social Policy Researcher at the Policy Evaluation and Researcher Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, HOME Research Centre, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer in Anthropology, Deakin University
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
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Industry/Professional Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Gonski Institute for Education, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Adelaide University
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Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University