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Seattle. Her literary non-fiction essays have appeared in The Sun, Oberlin Alumni Magazine, and Silk Road. She is writing a book, Catching Homelessness, a narrative nonfiction account of her work as a nurse practitioner providing health care to homeless people and of her own passage through homelessness. She writes a blog, "Medical Margins," on health policy and nursing (josephineensign.com).

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Livre électronique issu du colloque « L'itinérance en quelques minutes » tenu dans le cadre du 88e congrès de l'ACFAS le 6 mai 2021.

- by Carolyne Grimard
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- Homelessness, Quebec
- by Marc James Léger
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- Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Aesthetics, Visual Studies
- by Laura Huey
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- Homelessness

A case study of the Bakhita Gardens Center in Seattle, a housing facility for women. This case study is a part of a collection of reports, databases and design strategies for Design Resources for Homelessness, a free online knowledge... more

- by Jill Pable
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- Design, Architecture, Homelessness, Public Interest Architecture

This paper describes the results of a qualitative study involving interviews with twelve public librarians about their experiences interacting with library users experiencing homelessness. The study examines the kinds of health information seeking experiences public librarians have, how public librarians respond to the health information needs of homeless library users, and the challenges public librarians undergo as they work to provide health and other information services to homeless individuals. The interviews show that public librarians have mixed experiences providing health information to homeless library users. Some viewed health information needs as a top-level concern, while others viewed health information as a lower priority need when compared to housing and food. Public librarians described several challenges when providing information services to homeless individuals related to professional roles, crisis management, the stigma of homelessness, privacy/confidentiality, and the library acting as a day shelter. Identifying the experiences and challenges of public librarians as they assist homeless library users is an initial step in creating more effective modes of providing services to this population.

- by Rachel Williams
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- Homelessness, Public Libraries, Health information

This article describes the use of Photography and Oral History research methods as part of a collaborative research project on homelessness in Miami. Issues involving the use of documentary photography and oral history as a means of creating greater social awareness in the general public are explored, as well as broader issues of Social Justice.

- by Eugene Provenzo and +2
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- Photography, Research Methodology, Homelessness, Social Justice

Ph.d.-afhandlingen er en undersøgelse af hjemfølelse i det moderne samfund. Projektet tager afsæt i en dialogisk eidetisk metode, hvorigennem det bliver det undersøgt, hvad det er at føle sig hjemme, og hvordan denne følelse etableres. Undersøgelserne finder sted ved fortsatte teoretiske og empiriske indkredsninger. I udgangspunktet er afhandlingen tværfaglig og trækker teoretisk og metodisk overvejende på den fænomenologiske tradition, især Edmund Husserls overvejelser om morfologisk vage fænomener, Martin Heideggers forståelse af befindlighed og Otto Friedrich Bollnow ideer om det levede rum. Der bliver også inddraget tilegnelsesteori, især på baggrund af Carl Friedrich Graumanns tanker om appropriation. Dertil kommer inddragelse af Freuds forståelse af uhygge. Empirisk er afhandlingen funderet på feltnoter og dybdeinterviews med personer i to grupper af cases, der henholdsvis skal indfange ordinære og ekstreme erfaringer med at bo. Der er således dels foretaget dybdeinterviews med en række mennesker, der er flyttet for nyligt, dels er der gennemført et feltarbejde, der strækker sig over fem måneder ved et socialt værested for hjemløse og andre socialt udsatte borgere i København. Feltnoter og transskriberede dybdeinterviews er med inspiration fra bl.a. Max van Manen blevet bearbejdet til 48 fænomenologiske beskrivelser, der – med et formmæssigt skønlitterært præg – betoner følelsesinvolverede situationer. Beskrivelserne er efterfølgende og på forskellig vis blevet analyseret og diskuteret, for derved i den eidetiske tradition at fremdrage og fremstille det invariante og væsentlige ved fænomenet. Som forståelsesgrundlag for etablering af hjemfølelse bliver der udviklet en teori, hvor menneskers tilegnelse af omgivelserne opdeles i tre former. Den første angår prægningen af omgivelserne, den anden handler om en tilvænning til omgivelserne, og den tredje giver sig udtryk i en mere eksistentiel forsoning, som rækker udover omgivelserne. Empirisk er det især de to første former for tilegnelse, som bliver belyst. På baggrund af undersøgelserne fremtræder især syv væsentlige træk ved hjemfølelse. Således er hjemfølelse særligt kendetegnende ved: fravær af stress, reduceret opmærksomhed, kontrol over nære omgivelser, frihed fra andres regler, anerkendelse af ens tilstedeværelse, mulighed for tilbagetrækning og brug af personlige ting.

- by Carsten Schjoett Philipsen
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- Homelessness, Phenomenology, Etnography, Appropriation

In this Chapter (24), we discuss media discourse and framing of homelessness and whether it reveals utilisation of street journals mainly as tools for raising awareness or for creating income to maintain or augment social reintegration efforts and programs. Despite increased academic research interest on how media sources represent and impact social realities, there is little emphasis on homelessness representations in street newspapers. The Greek economic crisis echoed socioeconomic changes and inequalities in both mainstream and lesser-known
media with various framing representations of homelessness. One Greek journalistic effort born midcrisis was the street paper ‘Schedia’, which merits examining for its popularity and success as a component of the social reintegration program that launched it. Through the lens of our case study on Schedia and drawing mostly on contemporary interdisciplinary approaches from Cultural
Studies and Media Communication, we provide a brief
literature review on ‘homelessness street journalism’ research and explore theoretical interpretations thereof. We then discuss media discourse and framing of homelessness and whether it reveals utilisation of street journals mainly as tools for raising awareness or for creating income to maintain or augment social reintegration efforts and programs. We content-analysed one year of Schedia’s issues and examined instances of both perceived and experienced homelessness representations and causes therein, offering a snapshot of the ways
and extent to which Schedia represents homeless voices. Lastly, through the example of Schedia, the chapter debates whether street media lends itself best as a voice for democratic empowerment of the homeless or as an identity-building intermediary tool for capacitating transformative social reintegration.

- by Vasiliki Papageorgiou
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- Discourse Analysis, Media and Cultural Studies, Digital Media, Homelessness
- by Amanda Ridgway
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- Social Work, Social Policy, Homelessness, Public Health

Substance abuse among homeless mothers has negative consequences for both the mother and her child. Few researchers have examined the needs of these mothers in order to effectively intervene in their lives. This study uses a qualitative focus group research method to examine the needs of substance abusing homeless mothers recruited from a homeless families' shelter. Twenty eight women were engaged in three focus groups to identify their needs and acceptable intervention components. Content analysis of data revealed five major categories of needs: subsistence, employment, education and information, service, and counseling and connectedness needs. Findings of this study call for a multifaceted intervention approach that targets several areas of need in a coordinated manner.

- by Gizem Erdem, PhD, ILMFT
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- Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Focus Groups, Homelessness

Emma Russell (Centre for the Human Rights of Imprisoned People) & Cara Gledhill: In this article we highlight some of the potential problems and effects of existing remand and bail practices in particular for women experiencing homelessness. This discussion is important especially in the context of a rapidly growing prison industry in Victoria. As an alternate framework, we suggest that decarceration strategies promote racial, gender, and economic justice, strengthening communities in place of prisons.

- by Emma K Russell and +1
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- Homelessness, Punishment and Prisons, Prisons, Decarceration

Background: Among individuals experiencing homelessness, the prevalence of alcohol use disorder is extremely high. Alcohol-related harms are compounded by the use of non-beverage alcohol (NBA; e.g. rubbing alcohol, cooking wine). The dangers of NBA consumption pose significant risks to the individual and to others when consumed in large quantities and when mixed with other substances. The objectives of this paper are to describe the alcohol consumption patterns of individuals experiencing homelessness, identify substance use patterns, psychological stressors, and related harms associated with NBA consumption, and compare NBA consumers to non-NBA consumers in relation to their use of services and perceived barriers to care.; Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey, 150 individuals experiencing homelessness were recruited from Edmonton's inner city and adjoining areas. Frequency, quantity, and volume of alcohol consumption were used to assess patterns of alcohol use in the last 6 months. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses were used to compare participants reporting NBA consumption and non-NBA consumption (p ≤ 0.05).; Results: The majority of participants were male (71.3%) and self-identified as Indigenous (74.0%). Overall, 24% (n = 36) reported NBA consumption within the last six months. NBA consumers were older than non-NBA consumers (p = 0.005), reported different perceived living stability (p = 0.022), and had higher psychological distress (p = 0.038). The majority of NBA consumers reported not receiving harm reduction services while also not needing such services (n = 18, 51.4%), which differed from non-NBA consumers (p = 0.003). Structural barriers (e.g. availability, location, cost) were most frequently reported as reasons for unmet harm reduction (60.9%) and hospital care (58.3%) needs, while barriers to skills training (58.5%) and counselling services (53.6%) were mostly motivational (e.g. personal beliefs).; Conclusions: Within such an already marginalized population experiencing homelessness, individuals who consume NBA represent a vulnerable subpopulation who require adapted and distinct health and social services to stabilize and recover. Current harm reduction services are not prepared to effectively assist this group of individuals, and specific treatment programs are rare. Managed alcohol programs are a feasible approach but must be tailored to the specific needs of those who consume NBA, which is especially important for Indigenous people. More comprehensive assessments of NBA consumption are needed for program development and policy recommendations. (

- by Bonnie M Duran
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- Homelessness, American Indian Studies
- by Novos Debates and +1
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- Poverty, Homelessness, Social Exclusion, Urban Poverty

Dans la continuité de ses travaux sur les situations marginales de logement dans le cadre de son dernier rapport Mal-logement, mal-logés, l'Onpes souhaite revenir sur le contenu et les apports du colloque international Le sans-abrisme en débats. Actualités et nouvelles perspectives de la recherche en sciences sociales qui s'est tenu il y a un an, à Saint-Etienne, en donnant la parole aux trois directeurs et directrices scientifiques (Mauricio Aranda, Marine Maurin, Gabriel Uribelarrea) de cette manifestation.

- by Marine Maurin and +2
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- Social Sciences, Homelessness, Social Exclusion, Pauvreté

This study of 207 school counselors revealed significant relationships between types of counselors’ training, number of students in counselors’ schools experiencing homelessness, and counselors’ perceived knowledge and provision of services regarding students experiencing homelessness. In-service training and professional development, but not graduate training, were related to counselors’ knowledge of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and their advocacy for and provision of services to students experiencing homelessness. Differences also existed by school level and school setting. Implications of these findings are discussed.

- by Stacey Havlik and +1
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- Social Work, Teacher Education, Higher Education, Learning and Teaching

The purpose of this study is to investigate the thesis of the Americanization of home-lessness in a Swedish context regarding public spaces and the deliberate exclusion of homeless people from them. It will show that the " sanitization " of public spaces for consumer-friendly purposes applies to Gothenburg just as in U.S. cities, but is achieved by different methods that need to be analyzed as an alternative performance of power. The concept of " soft polices of exclusion " is developed to provide a better analytical understanding. " Soft " does not refer to a more gentle form of revanchism but rather to a more elastic and fluid form of power. The concept of soft policies of exclusion is developed through an analysis of the construction of an ambient sense-scape in Gothenburg that attracts the flows of " the right people " and steers away visible poverty and disturbing, associated behavior.

- by Catharina Thörn and +1
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- Homelessness, Privatisation Of Public Space

El presente artículo pretende describir el proceso de transformación de la práctica de tres equipos del programa Primer la Llar. Se trata del primer programa piloto (2015-2018) con filosofía Housing First lanzado por una Administración Pública en el Estado español. El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona se convierte en la primera Administración local que
asume el liderazgo organizativo y técnico de un programa con estas características. Para documentar el cambio de modelo de atención se ha utilizado una investigación longitudinal enmarcada en los métodos narrativos. A través de entrevistas grupales e individuales se ha trabajado en el relato de práctica como fuente de sabiduría. Los resultados se presentan en relación con tres momentos y exploran
la dimensión individual y colectiva de la práctica. La gobernanza y la práctica están influenciadas bidireccionalmente. Este artículo visibiliza los niveles a través de los cuales las diferentes decisiones afectan al acompañamiento profesional y guían su transformación.

- by Joan Uribe and +1
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- Homelessness, La practica como objeto de análisis, Housing First, Sinhogarismo

The literature speaks to the importance of employment in the lives of homeless individuals and shows how they can be assisted in job seeking (Long & Amendolia, 2003; Marrone, 2005; Quimby, Drake, & Becker, 2001; Rio, Russell, Dudasik, & Gravino, 1999; Rog & Holupka, 1998; Shaheen, Williams, & Dennis, 2003; Trutko, Barnow, Beck, Min, & Isbell, 1998). Some reports suggest it may be effective and worthwhile to offer employment at the earliest stages of engagement to help people who are homeless develop trust, motivation, and hope (Cook et al., 2001; Min, Wong, & Rothbard, 2004). Practitioners have historically focused on providing people with access to safe and affordable housing and supportive services, usually addressing employment later in the continuum. This practice-oriented report from the field proposes that employment should be offered as early as possible and maintains that facilitating employment is an unrecognized and underutilized practice for preventing and ending homelessness. The paper provides principles, practices, and strategies programs can use to make work a priority.

- by John Ríos
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- Homelessness, Housing, Affordable Housing, Employment

Washington, DC. has many of the most progressive and trans inclusive non-discrimination laws in the nation, yet transgender, transsexual, trans-spectrum (henceforth ‘trans’) and gender-non conforming residents continue to experience devastatingly high rates of poverty, under- and unemployment, employment discrimination, and health disparities. As a means to address these issues, members of the community, academics, activists, and volunteers worked together to develop a needs assessment survey that could directly document the issues facing trans and gender non-conforming residents of Washington, DC. Now completed, this survey, the “Trans Needs Assessment Survey,” is, to date, the largest city-based, trans-specific needs assessment in US history, with over 500 participants. In addition to documenting a significant portion of the Washington, DC population (roughly 602,000 in 2013), the process of developing and implementing this survey integrated redistributive justice models of social action and applied academic work, providing fiscal and professional growth opportunities to members of the trans and gender non-conforming community—in particular trans women of color— in Washington, DC. All funds raised in assistance of this project were funneled directly to those trained to collect surveys, while those with academic and professional
affiliations donated labor and expertise. We, the coalition of activists, academics, and community members that came together to do this work, directly attribute the success of this survey to these public and redistributive justice models and implore those making use of this data to employ these same models in their own work.

- by Elijah A Edelman and +1
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- Health Sciences, Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Sex and Gender
- by Chris Herring
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- Homelessness

Le persone in difficoltà, che si rivolgono ai Centri di Ascolto Caritas, hanno caratteristiche, bisogni e necessità molteplici e diversificate. Si incontrano individui senza dimora, ma spesso dal grado di istruzione elevato, insieme a persone povere di relazioni, sradicate dalla famiglia, o che hanno ceduto difronte a una società esclusiva. Comprendere, classificare e studiare le necessità di queste persone può aiutare gli operatori e i responsabili dei centri di assistenza a pianificare le loro azioni, e a gestire meglio il loro lavoro.

- by Francesco Balducci
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- Poverty, Homelessness, Poverty Reduction Strategies, Multidimensional Poverty
- by Sinan Demirel
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- Homelessness

Esta cartilha é resultado do “Projeto de Capacitação e Fortalecimento Institucional da População em Situação de Rua”, acordo firmado entre a representação da UNESCO no Brasil, Instituto Pólis e o Ministério de Desenvolvimento Social, visando o fortalecimento do Movimento Nacional da População em Situação de Rua (MNPR) em oito capitais brasileiras. Visa a formação política e apoio na organização das pessoas em situação de rua. ///
This booklet is the result of the Project called "Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening for Street Population", an agreement signed between the UNESCO representation in Brazil, the Pólis Institute and the Ministry of Social Development, aiming at strengthening the National Movement of Street Population (MNPR) in eight Brazilian state capitals. It aims at political formation and support in the organization of street people.

- by Carolina Ferro and +2
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- Social Movements, Homelessness, Brazil, Movimentos sociais

The article deploys discourse theory to study the construction of the homeless subject position in the Greek street paper shedia. After a brief outline of the relevant parts of Laclau and Mouffe's (1985) discourse theory, the article first reports on the theoretical work that outlines the elements that construct the homeless subject position, keeping in mind the existence of a hegemonic version of this homeless subject position, which is driven by stigma and othering. While mainstream media often replicate this problematic representation, street papers offer counter-hegemonic (and more respectful) articulations of the homeless subject position. Through the analysis of shedia’s coverage, three nodal points of the hegemonic discourse on the homeless were identified: the absence of the home as stigma, the lack of agency and the political identity of the denizen. The counter-hegemonic discourse, that can also be found in shedia, comprises three nodal points that are the inverse of those of the hegemonic discourse: the alternative home, the attribution of agency and the political identity of the citizen. Arguably, this case study is relevant because it shows the mirror-image-logics of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic representations, and the significance of using high theory to further our understanding of social practices.

- by Vaia Doudaki and +1
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- Homelessness, Discourse Theory, Discourse Studies, Street Papers

Have an enjoyable, rewarding, and restorative 2019! Please feel free to share this newsletter with others. Produced as part of the Participation in Everyday Life Research Group Going from strength to strength On behalf of the team at University of Plymouth I wish you all the very best for 2019. In this, our third newsletter, I have the pleasure of reflecting upon how the Participation in Everyday Life group, which is rooted in occupational science, is going from strength to strength. We had three PhDs graduate at this year's graduation ceremony; they explored occupational science from the perspective of older people, tenancy sustainment and outdoor adventure. We continue to thrive and grow because of our collaborations. As well as our colleagues in other disciplines at the University of Plymouth, we work with researchers at

- by Rebecca Twinley
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- Occupational Therapy, Dementia, Homelessness, Occupational Science

In this paper, I explore the complexity and difficulty of defining homelessness and I expose some methodological issues that must be considered by the researchers in this field study. I also question the access to the field and the "alteration" of data by the presence of researchers. Finally, I expose some marginal and relatively new qualitative research methods that could be taken to account in this field such as spatial and visual methods.

- by Étienne Perreault mandeville
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- Homelessness, Police and Policing, Street ethnography

Bread Givers (1925) by Anzia Yezierska and The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison reveal the tension between self and society where ethnic women struggle with patriarchal borders to find a space, authority, and identity of their own. The central dilemma in both of the novels is how individuality and freedom can coexist where there are attachments to the spaces and communities one lives in. With the consideration of additional factors such as ethnicity, gender, class, and labor the female protagonists explore and question their American ethnic and racial identity in the novels which can be seen as a predecessor of the Civil Rights Movement. These diverse ethnicities and races have impacted and shaped the American literary and cultural contexts; leading to a redefinition of the original European form Bildungsroman. Yezierskàs and Morrison`s Jewish and Black female characters, are largely excluded from gaining power and authority due to racial discrimination, illiteracy, poverty, inequality, and patriarchal norms. At the same time these novels, unearth the multiple layers of repressed memories and forgotten stories of African and Jewish-American women in private and public labor. In both of the novels the familiar domestic sphere " home " which is associated with security and peace, turns into an alien, unknown, and in-between space where women feel isolation and homelessness within the household itself. The most familiar environments for women: the home and the family are questioned and multiple versions of oppression, isolation, and power struggles in the lives of African American and Jewish American women are exposed.

Urban architecture has become hostile architecture. At least it is for Western Australia’s approximately 14,000 homeless people, about 8,000 of whom live in Perth’s CBD. An insidious implementation of ‘defensive’ architectural and related... more

- by Rebecca Foote and +3
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- Urban Geography, Archaeology, Anthropology, Water

Toronto Youth Street Stories is an innovative, web-based storytelling project that was conducted with homeless youths in Toronto. As a collaborative knowledge dissemination initiative, the project engaged youthful participants, authors, community mentors, youth service agencies and university-based researchers. Over 50 youths were encouraged to express their personal perspectives through author-led, creative writing workshops, resulting in youth-created stories, poems and pictures about a wide array of feelings and experiences. Across the dozens of pieces of writing, there is evidence of a chronology of street life, or an ''arc of experience'', that ranges from living with abuse and despair, leaving home, living on the street, experiencing a crisis or turning point, accessing services and gradually moving away from street life toward self-sustaining independence and security. This arc of experience includes the stories of youth who have transitioned away from the street as well as those still facing homelessness. This paper describes this arc of experience and illustrates it with the subjective material generated by the youths' stories about their lives on the streets of Toronto. We conclude that this project provided an important, creative outlet for the youths, and increased understanding of the challenges, stigma and resilience of homeless youth.

- by Nora Ottaway
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- Resilience, Stigma, Homelessness, Gender

The objective of this study was to explore housing insecurity among women newcomers to Montreal, Canada. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 newcomer women who had experienced housing insecurity and five women's shelter service providers. The primary cause of housing insecurity for newcomer women was inadequate income in the face of rapidly rising housing costs, coupled with unfamil-iarity with the dominant culture and the local housing system. Specific events often served as tipping points for immigrant women—incidents that forced women into less secure housing. To avoid absolute homelessness, most women stayed with family, couch surfed, used women's or educational residences, shared a room or an apartment, lived in hotels, single rented rooms, or transitional housing. These arrangements were often problematic, as crowded conditions, financial dependency, differing expectations and interpersonal conflicts made for stressful or exploitive relationships, which sometimes ended abruptly. Only two of the 26 women interviewed described their current living situation as stable. Based on the findings on the study, we recommend training for housing and immigration service providers, wrap-around services in terms of health, housing and immigration settlement programs that take into account a broad range of immigration statuses and transitional housing that caters to the specific needs of migrant women.

- by Shawn Renee Hordyk and +1
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- Immigration, Homelessness, Homelessness And Housing Exclusion, Immigrant Women

Little research has been conducted to investigate the needs and challenges of homeless individuals living in FM. In this paper, the social determinant of health that exacerbated homelessness in Fort McMurray, Canada, were highlighted. The study implemented a participatory action research design. In-depth open-ended life history interviews were conducted individually with 15 participant which were experiencing homelessness at the time of the study. Common threads were identified across shared experiences embedded within the broad social, cultural, and institutional macro system. These adults face difficult daily challenges including finding adequate and affordable housing and food, securing a safe place to sleep, overcoming addictions and consequently avoiding the rampant availability of drugs and alcohol. Many of FM's homeless also deal with job loss, physical and mental health problems, dangerous environments, and traumatic histories of hardship. Many have been exposed to histo...

- by Solina Richter
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- Psychology, Homelessness

Given the scarcity of methodological reflections by geographers studying homelessness, and drawing from ethnographic research in Athens, this article provides an empirical reflexive account of the complexities of practising homelessness research through ‘spaces of care’. Emphasising the institutional nature of these spaces, it highlights the role of institutions, such as NGOs and public authorities, in shaping certain local contexts for geographic research. Precisely, the circulation of specific homeless-related discourses throughout spaces of care shapes the ‘viscous field’ of institutions, wherein research moves become difficult and subject positionings are set a priori. Therein, the twofaced figure of Janus becomes the metaphor for the geographer in the viscous field, who embodies simultaneously two faces-roles: of researcher and volunteer. Afterwards, a focus on bodies highlights the emotional and performative aspects of the encounters with research participants. Eventually, four-plus-one ethical pro-positions for practising geographic research on homelessness are given in place of conclusions. Overall, the article is an empirical contribution to institutional geographies, their methodologies, and the difficulties, complexities and negotiations for researchers-volunteers. For the ‘trouble of institutions’ may also be a methodological trouble for geography practitioners in research sites such as spaces of care, where researchers-volunteers, participants and institutions become entangled with one another.

- by Panos Bourlessas
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- Ethics, Ethnography, Homelessness, Reflexivity

mobilizing every community as a resource

- by Daniel M Keeran MSW
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- Philosophy, Education, Humanities, Social Sciences
- by Laura T Murphy
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- Homelessness, Human Trafficking, New Orleans, Sex Trafficking

This paper, through an exploration of the phenomenon of panhandling in Tampa, Florida, and a set of policies that have further marginalized people precariously poised at the outer reaches of community, explores a theoretical framework for understanding the processes of community and precarity. The recent explosion of theories from the field of precarity both deepen the analysis and offer a means of conceptualizing the accretive tendency of the perceived interior and its diffusion in a precarious labor economy, so that the margins and the center are collapsing upon themselves. The aim of this work is to seek an understanding of community, politics and precarity, pulling from the work of Neilson and Rossiter, Isabell Lorey, Judith Butler and Guy Standing. Moreover, this work seeks to offer a means of understanding panhandling as a contingent phenomenon, a manifestation of the current, precarious social, political, cultural moment.

- by Heather Curry
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- Homelessness, Precarity, Precariat

Objectives. We determined associations between co-occurring psychiatric conditions and violence against homeless and unstably housed women.
Methods. Between 2008 and 2010, we interviewed homeless and unstably housed women recruited from community venues about violence, socioeconomic factors, and psychiatric conditions. We used multivariable logistic regression to determine independent correlates of violence.
Results. Among 291 women, 97% screened positive for 1 or more psychiatric conditions. Types of violence perpetrated by primary partners and persons who were not primary partners (non–primary partners) included emotional violence (24% vs 50%; P< .01), physical violence (11% vs 19%; P< .01), and sexual violence (7% vs 22%; P< .01). The odds of primary partner and non–primary partner violence increased with each additional psychiatric diagnosis and decreasing levels of social isolation.
Conclusions. All types of violence were more commonly perpetrated by non–primary partners, suggesting that an exclusive focus on domestic violence screening in health care or social service settings will miss most of the violence in this population. Contrary to some previous studies, the odds of violence decreased as social isolation increased, suggesting that social isolation may be protective in homeless and unstably housed communities with high levels of comorbidity and limit options.

- by Kelly Knight and +2
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- Psychiatry, Violence, Women's Health, Homelessness
- by Pedro José Cabrera Cabrera
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- Homelessness

Although planned as the " City of Tomorrow " , the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam quickly became the quintessential symbol of urban decline. Today, even with half of the planned renewal of the Bijlmer completed, the alleged success of this urban revitalisation programme is questionable. Parts of the black middle class did not move out and some are even returning to the Bijlmer; the combination is producing a type of " black gentrification " , which forces the " undesirables " like drug users, homeless people and undocumented immigrants to leave. This revanchist renewal not only benefits the middle and lower-class population of the district, but it also serves the interests of private developers. European revanchism makes the city safe for corporate investment and aims to restore social order as well as stimulating the development of a strong middle class. This paper demonstrates how hard revanchist policies are demanded not only by private developers but also by the middle and lower classes, and they exist alongside soft " caring " policies, even for the " undesirables " .
Keywords: revanchism, urban revitalisation, gentrification, Amsterdam, black middle class, homeless people, modernist urban planning, undesirables, drug use, public space, high-rise flats

The overarching goal of this article is to sensitize the insensitive governments, institutions , and civil societies for homeless population in social sphere. Routes into home-lessness are complex, multiple and interlinked. The complex triggers consist of biographical, structural and behavioural factors, when combined, increase people's vulnerability to homelessness. Despite the high economic growth and double digit GDP growth that gives opportunity to celebrate the country's achievement, the worsening condition of the homeless, underlaid by huge inequality, creates the huge contradiction for such celebrations. The problems and complexity associated with homelessness require several stages of prevention, intervention and system-based response for a solution. Thus, policy response requires the urgent need to move away from discussions on general welfare policies to context-specific policies; otherwise, the aspirations of sustainable development will be castles in the air.

- by Nishikant Singh and +1
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- Poverty, Homelessness, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Poverty Reduction Strategies
- by Brandon A Robinson
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- Queer Studies, Transgender Studies, Homelessness, Gay And Lesbian Studies

The aims of this study were to examine the presence of clinical personality patterns and clinical syndromes in homeless, and to identify common personality profi les. Participants were 144 subjects, 35 women and 109 men (mean age = 42 years), all of them in a situation of chronic social exclusion, 67% were homeless for more than a year, and 33% more than three years. During the evaluation period they resided in a shelter for the homeless. Results showed that clinical personality patterns and clinical syndromes with higher prevalence, according to the model of Million, were: depressive, narcissistic and paranoid, as well as anxiety, drug dependence and thought disorder, respectively. In addition, cluster analysis classifi ed the subjects into two groups «narcissistic-adaptive» and «depressive-paranoid». These results suggested that the treatment and health resources should be adapted according to the psychiatric deterioration, considering the homeless as a heterogeneous group with different psychosocial needs.