by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 6, 2013
The National Housing and Homelessness Network, a network of groups and individuals from Vancouver to St. John’s, and the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, a community-based housing and homelessness group, are making this joint organizational submission to the United...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 6, 2013
Homes for Women has released Housing First, Women Second? Gendering Housing First at the National Conference on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa. Concerned that in Budget 2013 the federal government committed almost $600 million – $119 million over 5 years – to programs...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
As we mark December 6th this year, the answer to the question above is a resounding yes. Women on the street face higher rates of violence than women who are housed. Aboriginal women in particular are over represented in the homeless population and are 3 times more...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 5, 2013
Past research has focused on the intertwined relationship between homelessness, mental illness, and criminal justice. Although a well-established correlation between mental illness and homelessness has emerged, a better understanding of how this may be mediated by...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 5, 2013
Background Homelessness and poverty are important social problems, and reducing the prevalence of homelessness and the incidence of injury and illness among people who are homeless would have significant financial, societal, and individual implications. Recent...
