Strategies to Combat Homelessness (HABITAT, 2000, 228 p.)

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Preface

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

Executive summary

I. Introduction

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I.A. The setting: general economic and social conditions affecting housing conditions

I.B. Homelessness and the right to housing

II. Defining homelessness

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II.A. Narrow definition of homelessness: 'homelessness' versus 'houselessness'

II.B. Wider definitions of homelessness

II.C. Dwelling circumstances that may be classified as homelessness

II.D. Typologies of homelessness

II.E. Selected definitions from countries with economies in transition

II.F. Selected definitions from developing countries

II.G. Towards a universal definition?

III. The scale of homelessness (in selected countries)

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III.A. Homelessness in high-income industrial countries

III.B. Homelessness in countries with economies in transition

III.C. Homelessness in developing countries

IV. Why are people homeless?

IV.A. Systemic issues

IV.B. Victims of evictions

IV.C. Victims of disasters, refugees and asylum seekers

V. Characteristics of homeless people

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V.A. Poverty

V.B. Insecurity and vulnerability

V.C. Household characteristics, age and gender

V.D. People suffering from substance abuse

V.E. People with physical and mental illness

V.F. Ethnicity and nationality

V.G. The urban-rural dimension

VI. Street children

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VI.A. Definition

VI.B. Family contact

VI.C. Numbers

VI.D. Classifications

VI.E. Causes

VI.F. Conditions

VII. Interventions for and with homeless people

VII.A. The case for interventions

VII.B. Modes of response to homelessness

VII.C. Examples of interventions addressing homelessness

VIII. Interventions for and with street children

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VIII.A. Aspirations of street children

VIII.B. Addressing the rights issue

VIII.C. Modes of intervention

IX. Recent policy developments

IX.A. Policy changes in high-income industrial countries

IX.B. Policy changes in countries with economies in transition

IX.C. Policy changes in developing countries

X. Conclusions and proposals for combating homelessness

X.A. Conclusions

X.B. Proposals for action

X.C. Directions for further research

Annex 1. A selection of important international instruments on homelessness and the right to housing

Annex 2. What does adequate housing mean?

List of references

The United National Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) has launched a Global Campaign for Secure Tenure.