New Analysis of U.K. Homelessness, Moving Plans Forward in Hawaii, and More
- Tiffany Connolly
- Aug 11, 2017
- 3 min read
12th European Research Conference on Homelessness
The European Observatory on Homelessness invites you to register for its 12th European Research Conference on Homelessness - taking place on Friday, September 22, 2017. The conference will be at the University of Barcelona. The theme for this year's research conference is 'Changing Profiles of Homelessness: Implications for Services'. According to the draft program, topics include homelessness among women and youth, migration, housing first, and perspectives of homelessness. The deadline to register is Thursday, August 31, 2017.
Find more information on the conference here.
Homelessness In Las Palmas Continues to Decline
The City Council of Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria Island in Spain, has conducted a count of street homelessness throughout the city. According to the Canarias 7 article, in comparison to data gathered from the previous two counts, the number of people counted on the street is on the decline. The June 2017 count identified 67 people are experiencing street homelessness in the city. The article compares that number to 91 people in December of 2016 and 81 people in April of 2017. The city is in search of new ways to address the issue, using these counts as a starting place.
Read the article here. (This article's original text is in Spanish)
Report Suggests U.K. Homelessness Will Continue to Rise Without Policy Change
A recent Crisis UK article covers the current state of homelessness in the United Kingdom. A new expert analysis conducted by Heriot-Watt University estimates that at any one time in 2016, about 26,000 households were sleeping rough. That number includes people living in tents, forms of transportation, unoccupied land or buildings (squats), women's refuges and night shelters. The report suggests that if current policies in place to solve homelessness go unchanged, the most acute forms of homelessness may continue to rise. The university also provides examples of how different policies could possibly prevent the projected rise in homelessness. The findings are a foundation for the 'Everybody In' campaign led by Crisis - a national movement for permanent change to end the most severe forms of homelessness mentioned in the report.
Read the article here.
Wales Receives More Funding to Tackle Rough Sleeping
This week, the government of Wales announced that £2.1 million will be allocated to solving rough sleeping. This will serve as an addition to the funding currently in place - £8 million from the Homelessness Prevention Grant program and £6 million allocated to local authorities. The Swansea Bay Times states that the funding will support increased prevention measures. The Welsh Government recently published an evaluation report, under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, which suggested that overall, placing more focus on preventative measures has proven to be successful in preventing homelessness for a larger number of people than previously thought.
Read the article here.
Hawaii Mayor Prepares Plan to Tackle Homelessness
Jeff Hansel of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald explores Hawaii County's upcoming plan to address homelessness. Mayor Harry Kim will develop and soon present his plan to solve homelessness to the county council. According to Kim, homelessness is such a problem on the island that the "dream of having a home" has disappeared for most people. HOPE Services - Hawaii's leading service provider for people experiencing homelessness - reports that about 12,000-15,000 people experience homelessness each year throughout the state. Hansel discusses overlapping and varying contributing factors to homelessness in the state and argues that many of those factors must be addressed to tackle the overall issue of homelessness.
Read the article here.
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