Forced relocation or safe haven?: US cities push the homeless to live in tent camps
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how some US cities tackling a surge of street homelessness are offering official camps while penalising people sleeping in public elsewhere…
COVID helps lift homelessness among Australian youth to “alarming” levels, says Mission Australia
Geelong, Australia As many as one in 20 Australian young people aged 15-to-19-years-old reported experiencing homelessness for the first time during the COVID pandemic, according to a new survey from Mission Australia. The figure is a significant increase on the one in 25 who reported experiencing homelessness in a 2017 report. Data from the organisation’s […]
A roof over their head: US churches use tiny homes for homeless
HOLLY MEYER, of Associated Press, reports on how churches across the US are addressing homelessness by building tiny homes…
COVID-19 behind “unprecedented demand” for emergency food relief among Sydney’s poor and homeless: Rev Bill Crews Foundation
Sydney, Australia Demand for emergency food relief among Sydney’s poor and homeless at services operated by the Rev Bill Crews Foundation has risen 149 per cent since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to the foundation. The “unprecedented demand” has equated to 1.1 million meals being distributed during the crisis, despite people receiving government support, a […]
In Australia, new Anglicare Sydney CEO wants to increase organisation’s profile and build more social housing
Sydney, Australia Anglicare Sydney’s incoming CEO, Simon Miller, has a vision to raise the Australian Christian charity’s profile and increase its involvement in social housing. The organisation, which has an annual turnover of $A400 million and employs more than 4,000 people alongside a team of around 1,800 volunteers, has operated across the Anglican Diocese of Sydney […]
This Life: Helping the homeless – an invitation from Jesus
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article published by ASSIST News Service, looks at how Jesus invites us to help the homeless…
New Zealand human rights commission launches inquiry into housing crisis
Wellington, New Zealand Reuters New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission on Monday launched an inquiry into the country’s housing crisis as cooling measures by the government this year have failed to ease a red-hot property market, leaving many people homeless. Property prices in New Zealand have soared by the most among OECD nations in the past […]
Wow!: 3D-printed homes build hope for US affordable housing
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how new printing technology can build cheap, climate-resilient structures in a fraction of the time of traditional construction…
With crowdfunding, UK homeless upskill to work on COVID-19 frontline
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation With hundreds of people dying of coronavirus every day in Britain, Jolantyte has wrestled with her decision to start a new career caring for COVID-19 patients in a London hospital as a single mother with two children. But Jolantyte feels grateful for the fresh start, as she proudly dons her hospital […]
Forget no one: US cities use real-time data to end homelessness
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to address homelessness in the US through better collection and use of data…