Top Research Papers on Homelessness

This thesis explores why the cxanmonly used broad definition of homelessness endorsed by many analysts and academics in the contenporary literature i s not useful in devising effective housing policy to alleviate the most urgent needs of those who are without safe, healthy, permanent and affordable shelter. The broad definition views homelessness as the absence of permanent home over which inhabitants have personal control and which provides shelter, privacy, security at an affordable cost together with ready access to social, economic and cultural public services. It i s often contrasted with...

This dissertation examined news constructions of homelessness as a social problem to identify how news stories communicate notions of what constitutes homelessness; how many and what types of people are homeless; and who can, should or must do something about this social problem. The study entailed a narrative analysis of 92 news magazine articles and 111 CBS news broadcasts about homelessness. The dissertation included a frequency analysis of homeless-related citations appearing in Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Television News Index and Abstracts and the Social Science Index from 1...

Using a case vignette by way of illustration, Dr Jack Colley, Dr Mustafa Mahdi and Dr Ruth Poole here provide key practical advice on how to manage diabetes in individuals with lived experience of homelessness.

Being Black, a current traveler, and history of injection drug use were all significantly associated with a decreased likelihood in identifying as homeless, but having fair/poor health, accessing shelter services, and reporting one’s own substance use as a reason for homelessness were not significantly associated.

It is suggested that a dysfunctional system for obtaining veterans' benefits contributes to veterans becoming, and remaining, homeless, and proposed reforms will be presented.

thematic concern of this paper is to zero in on the problems being faced by the homeless citizens of the world: the down-trodden, the hoi polloi who are perpetually at the receiving ends of the avaricious machinations of the political class. The blue-blooded, Nigerian poet, Sola Owonibi through the medium of poetry registers protest against the universal impoverishment and oppression of the homeless individuals by the privileged. Homelessness is a global phenomenon which does not spare the advanced countries in the world. The setting of this poem, though, is in Nigeria but it has a universal i...

ABSTRACT Driven by the increasing number of homeless youth and young adults in Central Virginia and a lack of resources for this population, a Community Service Board (CSB) formed Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI), a multi-disciplinary program to address these problems, which included mental health and substance use, housing, and employment. The purpose of this article is to present a case study of the development and accomplishmentsand to relate the development and accomplishments of CABHI to the literature on youth and young adult homelessness, which may provide ...

Obtaining a college degree and, even more so, a graduate degree is a critical component of many people's American dream. For some completing a graduate degree is a milestone of success. However, due to rising tuition and housing costs, as well as other compounding factors such as food insecurity, for many, this dream may be deferred. According to the National Center for Homeless Education (2017), for the 2016-2017 academic year, more than 30,000 college students reported on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid that they experienced homelessness or housing insecurity. Like this grim s...

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. Homeless Not Hopeless: The Survival-Networks of Latino and African American Men Chapter 3 2. The Social World of Homeless African American and Latino Groups: Background Traits and Daily Struggles to Survive Chapter 4 3. Informal Non-Kin Networks Among Homeless Men: Form and Functions Chapter 5 4. The Saliency of Weak Ties: The Acquaintances and Associates of Homeless Men Chapter 6 5. Getting by with a Little Help from Their Friends Chapter 7 6. A Valuable Component in the Larger Mosaic of Solutions Chapter 8 Appendix Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 About the Au...

Communities in exile impact modem political, social, and economic structures globally. People and nations living in exile can influence other nations by sharing their history and experiences. The Tibetan community is no exception.2 While these communities may lack the physical control over their homelands, their ability to organize and create political and social structures in foreign lands embodies the self-determination ideals echoed in many of the world's most valuable national documents: constitutions created by the people.

The contradictory term “homeless chic” was initially employed in the spring of 2000, when designer John Galliano introduced his “boho-meets-hobo chic” spring-summer haute couture collection for the House of Dior in Paris. Dior models wore newspapers, straightjackets, tin cups, and whiskey bottles. The denigration of homelessness implied by these images caused quite a stir, especially from homeless advocates. By placing abject images of extreme poverty within the context of the privileged world of couture, Galliano‟s “art” essentially reinforced an already present separation between rich and po...

It is generally believed that the increased incidence of homelessness in the United States has arisen from broad societal factors, such as changes in the institutionalization of the mentally ill, increases in drug addiction and alcohol usage, and so forth. This paper presents a comprehensive test of the alternate hypothesis that variations in homelessness arise from changed circumstances in the housing market and in the income distribution. We assemble essentially all the systematic information available on homelessness in U.S. urban areas: census counts, shelter bed counts, records of transfe...

a Abstract —It is generally believed that the increased incidence of home- lessness in the United States has arisen from broad societal factors, such as changes in the institutionalizatio n of the mentally ill, increases in drug addiction and alcohol usage, and so forth. This paper presents a comprehensive test of the alternate hypothesis that variations in homelessness arise from changed circumstances in the housing market and in the income distribution. We assemble essentially all the systematic information avail- able on homelessness in U.S. urban areas: census counts, shelter bed counts, r...

Cities throughout the country respond to homelessness with laws that persecute people for surviving in public space, even when unsheltered people lack a reasonable alternative. This widespread practice—the criminalization of homelessness—processes vulnerable people through the criminal justice system with damaging results. But recently, from the epicenter of the homelessness crisis along the West Coast, the Ninth Circuit extended the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment to cities prosecuting unsheltered people for sleeping or camping in public space in Martin v. ...

What does the persistent construction of ‘the homeless’ and the revitalised term ‘our homeless’ include, imply, and exclude in Swedish political debate? And how is it politically and morally related to other houseless groups in the country? These questions are approached through an analysis of minutes from the Swedish Parliament 2015–2019. Inspired by Simmel’s (1908/1965) definition of ‘the poor’ as those who get (or would get) public assistance as poor, I claim that in Swedish political discourse, ‘(our) homeless’ comprise only those to whom the society acknowledges a responsibility to give s...

This paper explores how the creation of a population described as 'homeless', divided from the broad Australian community, has become a critical technology in defining and shaping the governing of the homeless. This process exposes the way in which discourse has been grounded in the deviance of the homeless rather than as a problem of homelessness. It considers how the social sciences in general, and research sector in particular, has contributed to this discourse. Through this analysis it is possible to expose the way in which such disciplines have been collaborators in the consequential fail...

This study was conducted using qualitative meta-synthesis methods to more comprehensively articulate the experiences of homeless women and make evidence-based inferences regarding optimal social services.

Rates of past-year suicide attempts and past- year homelessness were strongly associated, suggesting that homelessness and suicidality strongly co-occur, but among adults with recent homelessness and a suicide attempt history, suicidal behavior began decades ago and likely preceded homelessness.

A high percentage of homeless people suffer from a severe degree of personality disorder that causes them to fall through the net of psychiatric and caring services. Their persistent inability to maintain an actual dwelling‐place as a location of stability and meaning, is also reflected in an inner state of fragility, and in relationship difficulties that lead to destructive behaviours that inevitably alienate others. In this paper, the relationship between homelessness, the maternal body, buildings and containment is explored, using clinical material which illustrates how the claustro‐agoraph...

Foreword Chapter 1: Critical Theory & Homelessness - Critical Theory - Project Plan Chapter 2: Analytical Perspectives - Social Constructionism - Operations of Language - Rhetorical Analysis -- Ideographs -- Narratives and Characterizations Chapter 3: The McKinney Act of 1987 - Legislative Overview - Goals and Justification -- The Appearance of Homelessness -- The Changing Complexion of Homelessness - The Homeless in the McKinney Act -- Relative Political Power of the Homeless -- The McKinney Act's Sub-Target Populations -- Sub-Target Populations Missing from the McKinney Act - Critical Analys...

Findings from a study exploring the lived experiences of 16 former residents of a 90-day emergency family shelter program in Los Angeles County offer implications for culturally competent pastoral care and counseling in the context of family homelessness and attend to both the process and content of caregiving.

Federal spending on homelessness has increased significantly in recent years. I estimate the relationship between federal homelessness funding and homeless counts in 2011, 2013, and 2015 cross sections. I instrument for funding using a community's pre-1940 housing share, a key variable in an originally unrelated funding formula borrowed for homelessness grants. Funding increases sheltered homelessness; meanwhile, funding is unrelated to unsheltered homelessness. Lower bound estimates suggest that the minimum cost of reducing unsheltered homelessness has increased over time, from $16,400 in 201...

The historical review shows how homelessness has been criminalized since the Middle Ages as a means of social control and the review of studies of homelessness and criminal- ity supports the strong links that exist with high rates of homelessness amongst prison and psychiatric hospital populations.

A guide to resources on homelessness. Created to support the Health Sciences Common Book 2016: Catching Homelessness by Josephine Ensign.

It is demonstrated that the volatile nature of funding availability leads to good-as-random variation in the allocation of resources to individuals seeking assistance, and temporary financial assistance can be used successfully to prevent homelessness, is affordable, and helps individuals and families.

Introduction There is no single definition of homelessness accepted by all who use this term. Homelessness exists throughout this and other nations as will become extremely clear in the accounts in this book, and the homeless population is diverse. In the UK, the National Assistance Act of 1948 requires every local authority to provide ‘temporary accommodation for persons who are in urgent need thereof, being need arising in circumstances that would not reasonably have been foreseen’. Hence, local authorities have a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to individuals who are roofless,...

MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. *Adolescents; *Attitudes; *Attribution Theory; Causal Models; Comparative Analysis; *Homeless People; Multivariate Analysis; Racial Differences; *Student Attitudes; Urban Schools; *Urban Youth The goal of this study was to extend what is currently understood regarding attitudes toward the homeless population. The study focused on how homeless and nonhomeless adolescents attribute the causes of homelessness. Grounded in attribution theory, the study hypothesized that nonhomeless adolescents would ascribe causality to dispositional or personal factors within a homeless pe...

Since the 1990s, homelessness has increased in Canada, but the strategies of the government and public health service providers to manage the situation have had limited success. Researchers have also noted the lack of inclusion of those experiencing homelessness in homelessness research to better understand and develop a solution to the issue. In the present study, this is addressed through inclusion of homeless participants from diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this phenomenological study, framed by social cognitive theory, reciprocal determinism, and symbolic interaction, was to understan...

Municipalities in Canada routinely count unhoused populations to inform policy and services. By examining 165 English Canadian municipal homeless count reports, this article explores how trans, Two Spirit, and nonbinary (T2SNB) people, and sex and gender more broadly, are constructed

One of the more valuable contributions of Peter Rossi's article is to remind us of the critical role that shelters play in defining and responding to the problem of homeless families. As Rossi points out, shelters help fonn our conceptualization of the problem-what kinds of families are homeless and why as well as their number. Perhaps more important, increasingly sophisticated shelters have come to define our policy response to family homelessness. Rossi reports that the number of family shelters soared throughout the middle and late 1980s and that they changed from simply providing a roof an...

THE MEANING OF HOMELESSNESS TO HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS

The purpose ofthis constructivist research study wasto examine the topic ofhomelessfamilies in shelters and to explore the possibility thatthe homeless chooseto remain homeless. The author felt this wasanimportant consideration in making the appropriate decision in regard to the continued use ofsheltersto remedy"homelessness", the appropriate operational model,as well as how tofund them. Eleven adult residents of local homeless shelters were interviewed. It would appearthatthe advantages ofshelter living encourage residentsto remain iiitemporary living situations.

Homelessness Status Among Female Veterans: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Hopelessness by Shorrelle Kennedy MA, Long Island University.

viii Part I Positioning Practice Introduction 2 Methodology 5 Collaborators from Radio NFA 8 Chapter One: An exploration of divergent theories to support a new dialogue around marginalisation and belonging Homelessness 9 Hyphen space 11 Continental Literature 12 Challenging perceptions through aesthetics 16 Colliding with the institution 17 Examples of exhibitions in Auckland responding to social issues 21 Part II Documentation: Sit with me, tell me something... Introduction 26 Transcription 15 27 Conversations with John Heta 28 Transcription 17 29 A photographic essay by Shadow 35 Steve’s sto...

An online learning resource aimed at community health professionals who work with homeless people has been launched by the Queen's Nursing Institute. The learning package contains six modules on.

This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States―a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago. The terms historically used to describe them include "bums," "hoboes," "migrants," "street people," "transients," "tramps," and "vagrants." Just as varied as the words we have used to describe them are the reasons many people have found themselves living in the land of opportunity without permanent residence. The book considers homelessness and its distinctive character in three periods of American history: ...

It is no secret homelessness is a significant issue for Santa Cruz County (SCCO). What may not be fully understood is the amount of time, money, and energy that has been devoted to the search for solutions. Even with all the efforts, very little progress has been made in reducing the number of individuals and families affected by homelessness. Why? The Grand Jury identified five main reasons the homeless problem persists.

The goal of this special issue of WORK is intended to highlight the specific needs of homeless and refugee populations, and emerging programs developed to address these needs.

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The literature on the role of social factors in the causation and outcome of health problems of the homeless and the importance of addressing the social context in effecting intervention is summarised.

American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Position School counselors recognize that homelessness/displacement may greatly affect the whole child, encompassing mental, physical, social/emotional and academic development. School counselors help to identify students who are experiencing homelessness. As social justice advocates, it is school counselors’ duty to recognize and work with students around their specific strengths. School counselors collaborate with community stakeholders to connect students and their families who are experiencing homelessness to community supports, work to remove b...

American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Position School counselors recognize that homelessness/displacement may greatly affect the whole child, encompassing mental, physical, social/emotional and academic development. School counselors help to identify students who are experiencing homelessness. As social justice advocates, it is school counselors’ duty to recognize and work with students around their specific strengths. School counselors collaborate with community stakeholders to connect students and their families who are experiencing homelessness to community supports, work to remove b...

The author, acknowledging the reality of homeless persons in most communities, explores the meanings and dynamics of homelessness, and the need to recognize the variety of participants needing to be recognized in appreciating the complexity of this segment of society. He raises the issue of how pastoral caregivers become involved in providing authentic care to this sub-culture and offers examples from his own experiences as a volunteer chaplain in the Salvation Army Corps.

Intelligent treatment of homeless men and women requires a vivid understanding of the reasons for their homelessness. Under present methods of industrial management this condition is demanded of a vast number of workers. By becoming or remaining homeless, they render specialized services of great importance to society. Nevertheless, the living and working conditions under which the services are performed react disastrously upon their character, even to making them subjects of social case treatment! The truth of these statements is to be illustrated in the employment office districts of any lar...

Analysis that links the phenomenon of homelessness to wider debates about the changing social and economic environment remains relatively underdeveloped. This important book brings together contemporary debates and empirical research in order to explore the nature, experience and impact of social change in the context of risks and uncertainties.

My mother, Ida, died a few years ago, but the way she died was another matter altogether, because in the week before her death she was quite convinced she was already dead.

This chapter assesses the effects of homelessness on public health. Homelessness has the power to move people to action like few other issues. Unfortunately, efforts to tackle homelessness have fallen short. Historically, making housing contingent on sobriety and employment has imperiled millions. Encouragingly, Housing First—a program that provides housing and support services without requiring employment or pretreatment for mental health conditions and substance use disorders—has started to gain traction. The program has led to improvements in housing stability, reduced hospitalizations and ...

And sick, and old, and poor. How dreadful! Yet any reader of these lines may become so before he dies. The man who by his money, and credit, and financial abilities saved the nation from bankruptcy in the Revolution, the learning of whose timely assistance brought tears to the eyes of the great Washington, died in prison in Philadelphia! Yes, the nation’s saviour, financially, Robert Morris, languished in a debtor’s jail. Many a man and woman who has rolled in wealth for a score or more of years, has died in abject poverty. But a higher civilization is dawning; a god-like and a world-wide char...

Individuals experiencing homelessness undergo limited opportunity for meaningful occupational engagement, from ability to safely engage in activities of daily living (ADLs) to leisure and work. The ability to participate in desired occupations is restricted by many external factors, including local and national policy, shelter and health systems, and available community resources. Individuals experiencing homelessness also manage significant personal factors, such as chronic health conditions, histories of trauma, and limited economic and social supports, that influence their ability to naviga...

ABSTRACT Using in-depth face-to-face interviews, this study explored 34 homeless shelter workers’ perceptions of homelessness and working with the homeless. We asked the following questions: 1) What were the barriers that homeless shelter residents faced in combating homelessness, from the perspective of the homeless shelter workers? 2) What were the challenges that homeless shelter workers encountered in working with this at-risk population? Our findings shared the realities that the homeless population faced from the lens of shelter workers with different job responsibilities (ranging from c...