Housing Services, Homelessness, Transportation, and Well-being

An Ecological Perspective on Housing, Health and Well-being

Is Homelessness a Housing Problem?

Homeless people have been found to exhibit high levels of personal disability (mental illness, substance abuse), extreme degrees of social estrangement, and deep poverty. Each of these conditions poses unique housing problems, which are discussed here. In the 1980s, the number of poor people has increased and the supply of low-income housing has dwindled; these trends provide the background aga...

Public Housing: An Introspective Study on Public Housing and Its Effects on Health and Well-being

Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Among Former Prisoners.

The United States has experienced dramatic increases in both incarceration rates and the population of insecurely housed or homeless persons since the 1980s. These marginalized populations have strong overlaps, with many people being poor, minority, and from an urban area. That a relationship between homelessness, housing insecurity, and incarceration exists is clear, but the extent and nature ...

Homelessness Is Not Just a Housing Problem

Editorial H omelessness is about more than rooflessness. A home is not just a physical space: it provides roots, identity, security, a sense of belonging and a place of emotional wellbeing. " So says the United Kingdom charity Crisis [1]. This Editorial's title comes from another charity, Shelter [2], which breaks down the causes of homelessness into individual factors such as drug and alcohol ...