Articles for the Topic "Hidden Homeless"

Aboriginal Newcomers Face 'Hidden Homelessness': Study

2009-02-17T01:57:41

This CBC online news article is a review of the 2005 study by Jino Distasio, Gina Sylvestre, and Susan Mulligan, titled "Examination of Hidden Homelessness among Aboriginal Peoples in Prairies Cities" which was based on interviews conducted with 129 aboriginal people in Regina, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg.

At the Intersection of Invisibilities: Canadian Women, Homelessness and Health Outside the 'Big City'

2009-02-17T01:57:41

This article explores the concept of 'invisibility' in relation to women, homelessness & health in Ontario, Canada. While popular images of homelessness continue to focus on older men with mental illness &/or addictions issues, the proportion of women without secure, affordable shelter continues to rise. The stereotypes of homelessness also have a spatial component, with the incorrect assumption that housing affordability crises are concentrated in the centres of large cities. There is a third aspect to 'invisibility': the tendency of the traditional medical model of health care to ignore the interrelated physical & emotional impacts of stress among women who make up the majority of the 'hidden homeless'. While an increasing number of women are facing loss of their accommodation in suburban, small city & rural settings, this social policy issue remains largely invisible outside the realm of local services struggling to meet women's needs. Interviews with women facing homelessness in Haliburton, Kingston & Oshawa, a rural area, small town & outer suburb, illustrate both experiences of invisibility & possibilities of integrated health services combating this personal & societal invisibility. References. Adapted from the source document.

Hidden Homelessness: An Indicator-Based Approach for Examining the Geographies of Recent Immigrants At-Risk of Homelessness in Greater Vancouver

2009-02-17T01:57:41

While homelessness is a growing problem in Greater Vancouver, immigrants are not yet a visible part of the region's homeless. The over-representation of immigrants among the population considered at-risk suggests that immigrant homelessness remains hidden. Using census-based housing indicators, we examine the geographies of immigrants at-risk of homelessness to discern where 'hidden' homelessness might be occurring. Findings indicate that: spatial concentrations of recent immigrants at-risk of homelessness are found in inner suburban locations; in these at-risk areas the vast majority of immigrants are recent arrivals; and recent immigrants are disproportionately excluded from at-risk estimates because they are significantly over-represented among households that have shelter costs that exceed their incomes (which are excluded by the indicator). These conclusions are reached through analysis at the regional and sub-regional scale, which revealed broad trends and patterns, and a second small-area (neighbourhood) scale analysis, a means of better documenting the highly-localized geography of low-cost rental housing, revealing fine-grained patterns of social difference, that in Greater Vancouver identify areas where 'hidden' homelessness may be present. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.; (abstract from http://www.sciencedirect.com)

Housing: An Income Issue

2009-02-17T01:57:41

Looks at the most recent statistics for home ownership vs. renting, and how much of their income people in Canada are paying in rent. Gives some statistics about how much low income Canadians are paying out in rent, showing them at risk for homelessness. (HRDC-2002)

The Profile of Absolute and Relative Homelessness Among Immigrants, Refugees and Refugee Claimants in the Gvrd

2009-02-17T01:57:41

To conduct an evidence-based, multiple points of contact study in order to build knowledge of immigrant and refugee homelessness issues in the GVRD region, and to facilitate integrated community responses to help improve living conditions for the absolute and relative homeless immigrants and refugees.