Recent International and National Approaches to Homelessness 

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Abbreviations
  1. Introduction
  2. Homelessness: Recent debates
  3. Homelessness in Europe
  4. Homelessness in the United Kingdom
  5. Homelessness in the United States
  6. Homelessness in Australia
  7. Good Practice in Addressing Homelessness
  8. Summary of Responses to Homelessness
  9. References
• Appendix One: Statistics on Homelessness by European Country

Acknowledgements

This material was produced with funding from the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services. AHURI Ltd gratefully acknowledges this financial support and wider financial and other support it has received from the Australian, State and Territory governments, without which this work would not have been possible.

The research team would like to acknowledge the assistance of Ms Justine Lacey for her contribution to the component on the European Union and Australia. The team would also like to thank Sonia Whiteley and Wendy Stone for their assistance with project management.

Disclaimer

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