by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Apr 22, 2015
Participation of people who have experience of homelessness is paramount and can have outcomes at different levels. Most importantly, participation should always have a positive impact on homeless people. Indeed, individuals can and should receive personal gain or...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Mar 18, 2015
The bank foreclosed on your home because your parents divorced and don’t have enough money to pay the mortgage. You’re locked out of your house. Where will the family sleep? Most families turn to friends and relatives at times like these. That’s why...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 20, 2015
A new model for ending – yes ending – chronic homelessness for people with complex needs due to the challenges of psychiatric diagnosis and substance misuse has crossed the Atlantic. Housing First is taking root in cities as disparate as Lisbon, Marseilles, Glasgow,...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Aug 21, 2014
What would happen if housing were enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? One activist’s inside account of the radical new fight to end homelessness. “In 1996, fresh out of high school, I co-founded the Calgary chapter of the anti-poverty...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Aug 7, 2014
Social work with homeless people takes many forms, including work in residential, employment, health, education and legal services and social workers’ experiences may differ from service to service and from country to country. Changes in national and European contexts...
