Pandemic is once in a generation opportunity to help homeless people stay off the streets for good – we must not waste this.
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Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians: The parallels between the summer of 1932 and what is happening currently are striking.
Without sufficient safe shelter space and universal testing, cities are forcing homeless people into encampments, limiting their ability to stay safe and violating international human rights laws.
In a well-functioning health care system, the emergency room would be able to meet the needs of all of its patients in a timely manner.
Now is the time for a two-pronged strategy to ensure everyone has a home: a spot-purchasing program to find homes for people now in emergency accommodation, followed by social housing construction.
The system isn’t working to prevent young Australians becoming homeless and to house them when they need it. New research finds a shift to proven community-based approaches can end decades of failure.
A community effort is creating do-it-yourself hand-washing stations for the homeless population in Los Angeles.
Different groups in society can suffer from social distancing practices. That includes higher risk of domestic violence, child abuse and mental health problems.
Improving the housing conditions of the most marginalised people among us is an important biosecurity measure for the whole community.
The spread of coronavirus highlights the urgent need for housing for people who have nowhere to live.
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders don’t have secure or adequate accommodation – so how can they safely self-isolate in NZ’s lockdown? But there are solutions – and here’s where to start.
Many homeless people already have compromised immune systems. They are targets – and conduits – for COVID-19.
Long before a fire season that destroyed 3,500 homes, more than 100,000 Australians were homeless. If only we showed the same urgency and innovation in housing them as we did for bushfire victims.
The passing of music giant Joseph Shabalala rests heavy on South African hearts - he told the story of black migrants within the apartheid system in a way no-one else did - and achieved global fame.
Record numbers of people are in work but the number of those in employment and in poverty is also rising.
And homelessness makes reoffending more likely.
Providing a bed for the night in a car park for people sleeping rough just treats them as a charity case. There are better ways to tackle 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.
It’s time to tackle the shortage of public housing head-on, rather than skirt around the problem. Public housing is the single most cost-effective way to turn around the rise in homelessness.
Researchers say the new figure should be used to improve services aimed at tackling the homeless problem in Australia’s defence veterans.
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Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Adelaide University
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Reader in Social Policy, Nottingham Trent University
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Honorary Fellow in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Gonski Institute for Education, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
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Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow, Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies (HHAUS) research group, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology