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Social housing is important in the fight against homelessness. But we don’t actually know that it helps vulnerable people in any other areas of life.
Judge acknowledges attack on rough sleeper’s home, after he and his belongings were urinated on by a drunk passer-by.
People may not have a criminal record before they become homeless, but they likely will afterward due to laws intended to keep people with nowhere to go out of sight.
A lack of affordable housing makes homelessness especially pervasive and visible on the West Coast.
A decade after the launch of a national campaign against homelessness, the trends are all going the wrong way. A new annual report highlights what’s gone wrong and what must be done.
The problem with most public housing ‘renewal’ programs is that the residents have the least say in what happens to the places they call home. The evidence of housing research is also being ignored.
Preparations for next month’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast are pushing homeless people out of town, and out of the state. Sadly, that’s not unusual for events of this sort.
A decade after the launch of a national campaign to reduce homelessness, the latest figures show Australia is going backwards. Research points to problems in the public housing system as a key factor.
When homelessness charities work alongside Home Office immigration teams, it can put vulnerable people off seeking help.
Theresa May blames councils and developers for the housing crisis – but it’s a lack of leadership that’s the problem.
Experiencing homelessness increases the risk of criminal justice system involvement, and experiencing imprisonment increases the likelihood of homelessness.
A homeless man was found dead at Westminster station, on the doorstep of the Palace of Westminster.
Australian cities generally minimise negative attributes such as crime, segregation and violence, but developing positive attributes such as inclusivity appears more challenging.
The leader of Windsor council wants the streets cleared of homeless people ahead of the royal wedding – saying some people are choosing to sleep rough.
Rough sleeping by EU citizens in the UK can no longer be considered an abuse of free movement rights – but the homeless are still vulnerable.
The rising number of older Australians is exposing the shortage of housing options and services to meet their needs, putting them at increasing risk of homelessness.
Big Issue sellers get social contact and dignity out of their work, but it’s not a secure pathway out of poverty and homelessness. Social enterprises enable small steps; governments can do much more.
The Martin Place camp and others like it should make us uncomfortable. We live in a system that creates and tolerates homelessness.
Taking the long view of homelessness can reveal patterns that explain how and why people get caught up in conditions not of their making.
Top contributors
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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