A team of researchers from the NYU Silver School of Social Work has found that bureaucratic barriers rather than personal intransigence lead many street homeless people in New York City to refuse outreach workers' offers ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2019
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Creating a municipally funded team to provide intensive services to chronically homeless people who use a large amount of public services can help the individuals get off the streets, while also reducing spending on services ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2019
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The news of Courtney Herron's death has shocked Melburnians. While full details are yet to emerge, both she and the man charged with murdering her have been widely reported as being homeless. It's revealing how news media ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2019
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When I first met Daniel in front of Shoreditch High Street station in London, I didn't know how exhausting begging was. He was constantly moving, often through cold and rain. He addressed random passers-by all day long, mostly ...
Social Sciences
May 16, 2019
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You've probably heard how Virtual Reality (VR) is going to change everything: the way we work, the way we live, the way we play. Still, for every truly transformative technology, there are landfills of hoverboards, 3-D televisions, ...
Social Sciences
May 14, 2019
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In Vancouver last month, more than 400 volunteers walked around, carrying clipboards and wearing bright yellow buttons that read "Homeless Count." They were out on the streets or in shelters asking homeless people to complete ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2019
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On the night the 2016 census was taken, more than 116,000 Australians were homeless. This was a 30% increase from the decade before.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2019
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Why treat people and send them back to the conditions that made them sick? – Michael Marmot, The Health Gap, 2015
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2018
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The first major study of California's Business Improvement Districts shows that they are increasingly targeting homeless people and excluding them from public spaces.
Economics & Business
Oct 4, 2018
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Suzanne Wenzel has devoted years to studying homelessness – in particular, how putting a roof over someone's head can improve their entire well-being. However, a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering ...
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2018
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