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close this bookStrategies to Combat Homelessness (HABITAT, 2000, 228 p.)
View the document(introduction...)
View the documentPreface
View the documentAcknowledgements
View the documentList of acronyms
View the documentExecutive summary
Open this folder and view contentsI. Introduction
Open this folder and view contentsII. Defining homelessness
Open this folder and view contentsIII. The scale of homelessness (in selected countries)
Open this folder and view contentsIV. Why are people homeless?
Open this folder and view contentsV. Characteristics of homeless people
Open this folder and view contentsVI. Street children
Open this folder and view contentsVII. Interventions for and with homeless people
Open this folder and view contentsVIII. Interventions for and with street children
Open this folder and view contentsIX. Recent policy developments
Open this folder and view contentsX. Conclusions and proposals for combating homelessness
View the documentAnnex 1. A selection of important international instruments on homelessness and the right to housing
View the documentAnnex 2. What does adequate housing mean?
View the documentList of references
View the documentThe United National Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) has launched a Global Campaign for Secure Tenure.

List of acronyms

AIDS

Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome

BAWO

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe (Austria)

BRAC

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

CARC

Chesapeake Area Recovery Communities (Baltimore, United States of America)

CARITAS

Catholic Aid Organisation (caritas is Latin for 'care')

CAS

Catholic Action for Street Children (Ghana)

CVCLT

Central Vermont Community Land Trust (United States of America)

DERA

Downtown Eastside Residents Association (Vancouver, Canada)

DFID

Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

EID

Economic Improvement District (United States of America)

FEANTSA

The European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless

FOHM

La Federacion des Organismes sans but lucratif d'habitation de Montreal (Canada)

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HUDCO

Housing and Urban Development Corporation (India)

LTSFYA

Long Term Services for Youth Association (Canada)

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

OHCHR

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

RIS

Resource Information Services (London, United Kingdom)

RSI

Rough Sleeper's Initiative (United Kingdom)

RSYE

Rideau Street Youth Enterprises (Ottawa, Canada)

SAD

Association of Shelters (Czech Republic)

SHARE

Self-Help and Resource Exchange (United States of America)

SPARC

Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (India)

SVDP

Saint Vincent de Paul Village (United States of America)

UNCHS

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund