Homelessness is traumatic. It affects not just housing arrangements but whether or not someone can get enough food, feel safe and maintain relationships with friends and family. The physical and mental health effects often ...
Social Sciences
Nov 26, 2021
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New research led by Heriot-Watt University and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) for homelessness charity Crisis has revealed people from EU countries living in Britain are nearly three times more likely to ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2021
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"Building back better" is not in our sights for housing and homelessness despite the pandemic's singular opportunity to kickstart overdue investment. That's according to UNSW School of Built Environment housing policy expert ...
Economics & Business
Nov 3, 2021
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Rates of the worst forms of homelessness are significantly lower in Scotland than in England, new research from the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE) at Heriot-Watt University has found.
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2021
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Homelessness has a lasting impact on educational outcomes for K-12 students, and up to 88% of Detroit children experiencing homelessness are not identified by their schools and offered extra support, according to new analysis ...
Economics & Business
Aug 24, 2021
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New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center's Stefan Kertesz, M.D., reports that, among veterans experiencing homelessness, unsheltered experiences correlate with individual ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2021
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Nearly 60 percent of people experiencing both homelessness and serious mental illness in Metro Vancouver have had a criminal conviction, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2021
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Temperatures were expected to soar to triple digits again Friday in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as a heat wave bakes the Pacific Northwest, and forecasters said hot weather and wildfire smoke would pose a problem through ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2021
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Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly—one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery.
Environment
Jul 2, 2021
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More than half of people residing in homeless shelters in the United States had formal earnings in the same year they were homeless, according to a new study that deepens understanding of housing insecurity in the U.S.
Economics & Business
Jun 30, 2021
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