by Emma | May 1, 2025 | Interventions
The Community of School and Services (COSS) has become a key player in homelessness policy discussions across Australia. This evidence-based approach aims to prevent youth homelessness by proactively identifying and supporting at-risk youth before they reach a...
by Emma | Apr 30, 2025 | IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities, Research
Imagine that you could only keep with you the belongings you could physically carry or wheel around. What would you keep? And how would you feel if everywhere you went, someone was trying to take or destroy the few things that matter most to you? What would you do –...
by Emma | Apr 23, 2025 | IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities, Research
Amid a housing and homelessness crisis across Canada, we often lose sight of the needs of individuals beyond the security of housing. A range of studies show that Housing First is more effective than the traditional ‘staircase model,’ which requires individuals to...
by Emma | Apr 22, 2025 | Research
In a report published in April 2025, the Action Research on Chronic Homelessness (ARCH) team from Atlohsa Family Healing Services in London, Ontario, shared a series of recommendations about how to implement Indigenous-led Coordinated Access in their municipality. In...
by Emma | Apr 16, 2025 | IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities, Research
NIMBYism (Not in My Backyard) is a pervasive form of discrimination against people experiencing homelessness, where housed community members typically target proposed or existing agencies, programs, or buildings that serve people experiencing homelessness. The purpose...
