Essay: Shelters can help homeless people by providing quiet and privacy, not just a bunk and a meal
US researchers NATALIE FLORENCE and HEATHER ROSS, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at how providing properly-designed dormitory accommodation can aid the homeless…
New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at US-Mexico border to ‘consider another city’
Washington DC, USReuters New York City will distribute flyers at the US-Mexico border telling newly arrived migrants to “consider another city” and limit shelter stays for adult asylum seekers to 60 days as the city’s Democratic mayor says it is straining to house them. In an announcement on Wednesday, the office of Mayor Eric Adams […]
Grassroots help for homeless, drug addicts thrives in lockdown South Africa
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the homeless are being helped in the South African city of Tshwane during the coronavirus pandemic…
Care in a time of coronavirus: Medical respite tackles “time bomb” among US homeless
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the key role respite programs are playing in helping the homeless in the US during the coronavirus outbreak – and the “painful lessons” they’re confronting…
Race for space to house vulnerable in coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation “Stay home” – that’s the message stretching from Italy to Iran as the world tries to contain coronavirus. But what if you’ve got no place to call home, or your house is out of bounds in the pandemic? Some 1.8 billion people worldwide are homeless or live in inadequate housing, experts […]
Swedes ditch glitzy Xmas ads to guide homeless to shelter
Thomson Reuters Foundation As freezing temperatures grip the Swedish capital, dozens of downtown billboards have swapped commercial ad content for directions guiding the homeless to their nearest shelter. Stockholm opens emergency shelters when temperatures fall below minus seven degrees Celsius, but information about their location and the backup services on offer often fails to reach […]