James Farrell is a director of the Council to Homeless Persons, the Victorian peak agency for specialist homelessness services. According to the best estimates at the time, almost 105,000 Australians ...

The discussion and debate about homelessness amongst the general public and policy makers has become superficial and reductionist at best and at worst dehumanizes people who are suffering from the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - When it comes to poverty, there are a lot of definitions. Well, the answer is - it depends on who you're asking - especially if it's the federal government. Different agencies ...

STAUNTON — A final ruling on what defines homelessness by the federal agency that helps people through emergency, transitional and permanent housing is changing the way some agencies can count the ...

National organizations ask: "What does 'ending homelessness' mean and how do we know when we've reached that goal?" TORONTO, Feb. 23, 2017 /CNW/ - In Canada, there has been no single, agreed-upon ...

Federal rules force many families to sleep in cars, shelters and on the street before they can get housing assistance, but an unusual Washington State program takes a different approach Students at ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last month finalized the federal definition of homelessness. The new definition reflects changing times. Now households that have more than one ...

Homelessness can be eliminated in Calgary but only with more resources and a better definition of its defeat, says a study done by the University of Calgary. Governments and local agencies for the ...

A report finds that homelessness in Ireland is being defined in a relatively narrow way that ‘neglects’ the hidden homeless. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien (PA) Homelessness in Ireland is being ...

According to the best estimates at the time, almost 105,000 Australians were homeless on census night in August 2006. This promoted then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to make the ambitious commitment to ...

Homelessness in Ireland is being defined in a relatively narrow way, and is failing to respond to the true nature of homelessness, a report has stated. The report found that homelessness focused on ...

Homelessness in Ireland is being defined in a relatively narrow way, and is failing to respond to the true nature of the housing crisis, a report has stated. The report found that homelessness focused ...