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Harvard Public Health Magazine: Unhoused shows us the public health crisis under our noses

Unhoused shows us the public health crisis under our noses We can’t solve the problem of homelessness if we look away Harvard Public Health Magazine Search Open menu  OPINION Unhoused shows us the public health crisis under our noses We can’t solve … Continue reading

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Harvard Public Health Magazine: “Health care for the homeless” is just a start. People need housing.

Subscribe Opinion “Health care for the homeless” is just a start. People need housing. Otherwise, cycles of hospitalization will continue. Harvard Public Health Magazine “Health care for the homeless” is just a start. People need housing. Share This Filed Under … Continue reading

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Ireland – there is a massive housing/homes shortage; some say the Census stated that as many as 180,000 houses+ or potential homes are vacant. What can we learn from Japan experiencing drop in birth rates? Article in The Guardian “Akiya houses: Why Japan has 9 million empty homes?

The Guardian – Back to homeThe Guardian Support the Guardian Abandoned akiya house in a small village in Miyoshi, Japan. Figures released this week shows the number of vacant houses in Japan has topped 9m. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Japan … Continue reading

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AP: Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? Comment: What can we learn from this in Ireland? Who supplies the tents? This can become, if not already is, an industry

Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking … Continue reading

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Comment: Ireland needs to ask similar questions. Census revealed a vacant stock in excess of 166,000 but the Value is a big ? Heading in the Guardian: UK housing is ‘worst value for money’ of any advanced economy, says thinktank

Housing UK housing is ‘worst value for money’ of any advanced economy, says thinktank British properties are ‘expensive, cramped and ageing’ compared with other similar economies, says Resolution Foundation PA Media Mon 25 Mar 2024 01.01 CETShare The UK’s “expensive, … Continue reading

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Mental illness, addictions, intellectual impairments, disabilites, elderly. Yet again a scandal and who pays but the Vulnerable? This election year I hope the question is loud enough about charities, mental illness provision, nursing homes, homes for peoples with disabilities, addiction, the reasons behind the homeless crisis with “A country is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable”.

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McVerry Trust : we hope they are gaining the support from Government they require while in temporary distress. Austria has a population of 9 million, let’s look to how they deal with their homeless crisis. Comment: postings on this site under homelessness, mental illness, urban abandonments. “The Housing First Concept”. Do you know that “Austria is one of the ten richest countries in the EU and yet over 20,000 people have no home. They are homeless and living on the streets.”. Source: The Good Men Project

Home/Featured Content/Off the Street and Into a Home: Over 1,000 Homeless in Austria Get a Flat Off the Street and Into a Home: Over 1,000 Homeless in Austria Get a Flat An initiative by the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, … Continue reading

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Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America. Source: The Harvard Gazette. Comment: Time for Ireland and especially our politicians, in this election year and taking note of the 100,000+ thousand immigrants to land on our shore, we must Piggy back. There are many pitfalls to homelessness like poverty, absence of dual diagnosis, drug/alcohol addiction, veterans, drop-outs, and so many more especially when the policy was de-institutionalise those diagnosed with mental illness. Ireland: as we encounter problems with McVerry Trust who have successfully for decades improved the lives, similar to the narrative here, must be supported now, in their financial difficulties. We must learn from the research of others otherwise we will have more encampments than those seen presently at the canal, the Phoenix Park and now Lower Baggot Street. We need stop this now; piggy back on international research and create a system for those prone to homelessness to ensure they live (the reduced age of survival is a stark reminder of what poverty and homelessness can do to human beings) and can achieve supported lifestyles as provided by McVerry Trust and other AHB’s. Clarky Stephen Clarke who died recently opposite the Church in Dublin 2 was only 40 years old. Too young to die.

NATION & WORLD Quote from article “The public health infrastructure has always been the poor Cinderella, compared to the healthcare system, in terms of funding. We need increased investment in public health services, in the public health workforce, such that, … Continue reading

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Dublin’s First Homeless Death of 2024: A City Mourns Stephen ‘Clarkey’ Clarke. So sad and so near a decommissioned Church, if this was Japan, Churches are used to tend to the needs of the homeless. Speak to a homeless person and they will tell you the conditions they are expected to live in “noise, drug dealing, fights”. McVerry Trust are hands on dealing with people to give them a better chance than hostels yet they are under scrutiny now and little is known of what they are accused of.

Dublin’s First Homeless Death of 2024: A City Mourns Stephen ‘Clarkey’ Clarke By: BNN Correspondents Published: January 16, 2024 at 2:24 pm EST The lifeless body of Stephen ‘Clarkey’ Clarke, a middle-aged father, was discovered at the foot of a … Continue reading

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Wall Street fell in love with build-to-rent during the pandemic frenzy. That honeymoon is over. Source: Compass Fast Company

Build-to-rent is expected to continue to decelerate, says analyst Ivy Zelman. Wall Street fell in love with build-to-rent during the pandemic frenzy. That honeymoon is over Build-to-rent is expected to continue to decelerate, says analyst Ivy Zelman. Here’s why. [Photo: … Continue reading

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