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Residence registration to cope with homelessness: evidence from a qualitative research study in Milan

open access: yesGenus, 2021
Homeless people are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in developed countries, and their homelessness situation often persists over the long term.
M. Pasqualini, G. Bazzani
doaj   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

LGBTQ Youth Harmed by Homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Severe family conflict, abuse, neglect, and abandonment all contribute to the social crisis of family displacement and homelessness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in America.

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Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of ...
Chandler   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hate Crimes and Violence against People Experiencing Homelessness Factsheet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This document covers hate crimes and violence committed toward homeless individuals. The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has continuously worked to compile documentation of this hate crime epidemic aimed to hurt homeless people.

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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

Providing health care for the homeless population: An evaluation of Chester City Homeless PMS pilot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This project evaluates the Chester City Homeless PMS pilot. Homeless people, when compared to the general population, have poor health, one reason being their infrequent use of health care services.
Alford, Simon, Perry, Catherine
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"We Really Help, Taking Care of Each Other": Older Homeless Adults as Caregivers. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objectives:Many older homeless adults maintain contact with family. We conducted a qualitative study examining the role of family caregiving for older homeless adults.
Handley, Margaret   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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