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International Journal on Homelessness, Pp 1-19 (2025)
ISSN 2564-310X · Western Libraries, The University of Western Ontario · 136 artikel di indeks
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“We Deserve the Dignity of Being Housed”: LGBTQ2+ Housing Experiences in Fresno County, California
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2+) adults experience homelessness and housing precarity at greater rates than their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts. Although LGBTQ2+ adult individuals make up a significant portion of the homeless population, the oppression…
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Formerly Homeless Residents of San Diego’s SROs Use Photovoice to Describe Their Living Experiences
Residents of single room occupancy units (SROs) in San Diego, California, USA who were formerly homeless employed Photovoice (Wang & Burris, 1997) to describe how they feel about their current living situations and were then interviewed about this experience as well as the significance of the…
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A Phenomenological Investigation of the Unmet Needs of Newcomers Experiencing Insecure Housing in the Waterloo Region
Insecure housing, like other categories of homelessness, leads to a plethora of unmet needs, yet remains hidden. Newcomers arriving in Canada within the last 10 years are particularly vulnerable to experiencing homelessness but are understudied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the…
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Hidden Victims: Exploring Prevalent Factors Contributing to Violent Behaviours Against Homeless Individuals in Durban CBD
Homelessness remains a pressing social issue worldwide, with individuals experiencing various forms of victimization and marginalization. This qualitative study aimed to explore the pathways into homelessness and experiences of victimization among homeless individuals in Durban CBD, South Africa…
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From Roots to Home: Visualizing the Journey from Homelessness to Housing
In this discussion piece, we describe our collective experience engaging in storytelling as we created the From Roots to Home image and text. As a research team of people with lived expertise on homelessness, we came together to share our unique experiences and find a common narrative of our…
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Fostering Community Resilience and Social Inclusion in the Face of Anti-Homeless NIMBYism
Homelessness has been framed as a growing crisis. People experiencing homelessness often face social exclusion and isolation as a result of policies and practices that promote a “Not in My Backyard” (NIMBY) philosophy. NIMBYism is most recognizable in its efforts to actively oppose affordable…
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An Assessment of Measuring Local Levels of Homelessness Through Proxy Social Media Signals
Although nearly 600,000 people experience homelessness in the United States (U.S) every year, efforts to address this public health crisis are limited by the underperformance of standard methods to estimate localized and nationwide homelessness. Recent studies suggest social media activity can…
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‘You Can Really See the Pain in Their Eyes’: Stressors and Supports Affecting the Well-being of Homelessness Services Staff in Ireland During COVID-19
Despite their crucial roles, the well-being narratives of those working in homelessness services have frequently been overlooked in research and policy. This paper addresses that gap, presenting qualitative evidence from interviews with homelessness service workers in Cork, Ireland, during 2021 and…
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Le Non-Recours aux Ressources d’Hébergement à Montréal: Une Étude Qualitative Auprès de Personnes qui Habitent la Rue
Problématique: Plusieurs personnes qui habitent la rue n’ont pas accès aux ressources d’hébergement en itinérance et se retrouvent contraintes à habiter dans la rue. Ces personnes peuvent être celles qui vivent seules, en groupe dans des campements de tailles variables ou qui ont recours à des…
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Addressing Risks and Reducing Homelessness of Vulnerable Parenting Youths: An Implementation and Impact Evaluation of HELP USA’s New Beginnings Program
This quasi-experimental study evaluated New Beginnings -- a homelessness prevention program developmentally tailored for parenting youth -- implemented within the Homebase housing program in New York City. Although Homebase demonstrates significant reductions in homelessness, few programs address…
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Quantifying the Association Between Family Homelessness and School Absence in Wales, UK
Using administrative data linkage, this paper sought to quantify the impacts of family homelessness on pupil absence from school. It addresses a gap in United Kingdom (UK) homelessness research, which draws predominantly on qualitative methods and where there is a greater focus on people who fall…
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The Intersections and Invisibilities of Rurality, Houselessness, and Health
The purpose of the qualitative research study was to identify factors and challenges that led to insecure housing among rural residents in Manitoba, Canada. Using a case study approach, five participants and two key informants were interviewed. When the participants were asked about personal…
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What, How and Why of a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) Within Youth Refuge
Being homeless is broadly understood to be traumagenic. Thus, support services for individuals experiencing homelessness (such as youth refuge) are encouraged to use trauma-informed models of care. However, there is a dearth of research that (1) focuses on youth refuge specifically, despite refuges…
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Trauma-Informed Care in a Homeless Women's Shelter: A Mixed Method Evaluation
Trauma-informed care (TIC) benefits to service users and providers are increasingly acknowledged across various health and social care settings. TIC can potentially increase service user engagement, prolong shelter placements, and lessen staff vicarious trauma and burnout. However, studies…
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How Waitlist Management Biases Data Production in Built for Zero Communities
Built for Zero (BFZ) is a new data-driven approach to allocating housing assistance to homeless households. BFZ implementation includes the production/maintenance of a “by-name list” (BNL). The BNL is a regularly updated spreadsheet with personalised data about everyone who enters and exits a local…
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Reclaimed Voices: The Silent Impact of Women’s Experiences of Homelessness
Background: Homelessness is a rising crisis that affects hundreds of thousands of individuals in America; but affects women differently than men. The experiences women face while homeless can translate into traumatic experiences and profoundly shape an individual's story of homelessness. These…
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New Roles Amidst Crisis: Comparing Municipal Affordable Housing Strategies in New Brunswick
Affordable Housing in New Brunswick is desperately needed. New Brunswickers have faced major challenges since the start of the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including record-breaking rent hikes, extreme increases to the public housing waitlist, full shelters, and growing encampments…
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Editorial: When Science Faces Politics
How should the research community respond to the rise of political critiques against proven models like permanent supportive housing and Housing First? Herein, I unpack where this backlash is coming from and what we might do about it.
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Addressing Poverty and Homelessness is Central to an Equity-Focused Response to Climate Change: Considering Canada as an Example
People experiencing poverty are highly exposed to climatic events due to multiple intersecting factors. This commentary centres on poverty, generally, and homelessness, specifically in considering the impacts of climate change on health equity in Canada. We propose prioritizing poverty reduction…