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Homelessness is a global challenge.

The United Nations Human Settlements Program estimates that 1.1 billion people live in inadequate housing, and the best data available suggest that more than 100 million people have no housing at all.

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The IGH Newsletter
This newsletter shares information about homelessness advocacy events and resources from experts from various regions.
The IGH Newsletter
Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
  In this newsletter, IGH discusses and shares resources that can help you navigate the important intersection between homelessness and humanitarian aid and true partnership with people and communities who are most affected by homelessness.
Solving Global Homelessness: Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
This newsletter highlights IGH's recent efforts to drive an equitable end to global homelessness.
Homelessness and Sustainable Development
In our June newsletter, we discuss how Issues of land use, access, and rights intersect with homelessness and equitable prevention strategies.
Profiling and Study of Shelter Home Residents: An Evaluation of Permanent and Temporary Post-Pandemic Shelter Homes in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Surashree Shome
This study is an attempt to understand the residents of the shelter homes - the principal stakeholder of these shelters. It will help the organizations working for the homeless people make informed decisions and work in a more comprehensive manner. There are many aspects though that have remained untouched in this study. We hope the organizations working for those living on the fringes of our society will be able to take it...
Global Homelessness Advocacy at the United Nations
In our latest newsletter, we discuss our recent trip to New York City, USA, for global homelessness advocacy with partners from around the world, how to meaningfully work alongside people with lived experience, and more.
Collaborative Approaches to Address Homelessness During COVID-19
This newsletter features resources that help practitioners deliver housing and support services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facing Homelessness: Finding Inclusionary, Collaborative Solutions
This book contributes to an emerging body of knowledge on street homelessness in the South African context. It is meant for researchers and scholars who are committed to finding solutions for street homelessness. It offers conceptual frameworks and practical guidelines for a transformative response to homelessness. It brings together authors from a wide range of disciplines, fusing the rigor of researchers, the vision of...
IGH Vanguard Program: Become A Key Global Strategic Partner
IGH welcomes expression of interest in the IGH Vanguard Program.
Collective Impact and Collaboration
IGH
This month's newsletter highlights approaches to multi-sector and community collaboration.
See It. Solve It. Share It.
IGH
While 2021 was challenging in many ways, as we grappled with the continued COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for our work, we made some significant progress that sets a strong foundation for 2022. In this month's issue, we reflect on our work to end global homelessness in 2021.
IGH Community of Impact Webinar Series: Launch of the International Journal on Homelessness
Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
International Journal on Homelessness (IJOH)
  The Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) partnered with the International Journal on Homelessness (IJOH) to celebrate the launch of its first issue. For this webinar, researchers presented their papers featured in the first issue of the journal.
Advancing Knowledge on Homelessness
Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
This month’s issue highlights resources and tools to improve the spread of knowledge and research on homelessness internationally.
World Homeless Day 2021
This month’s issue highlights various initiatives and organizations addressing homelessness throughout the world.
Refugees in Greece: Risk of Homelessness and Destitution for Thousands during Winter
Chapin Hall at The University of Chicago
Chapin Hall combines rigorous research to generate evidence and supports the implementation of tested methods in the field. Chapin Hall engages in direct, purposeful collaboration. It partners with all levels of government, non-profit organizations, philanthropists, fellow researchers, and others who work tirelessly to address challenges facing children, youth, and families in the United States and beyond.
Student and Youth Homelessness
Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
Find research and tools to address student homelessness here.
Consortium for Street Children
Consortium for Street Children
The Consortium for Street Children joins forces with governments, NGOs, policymakers, researchers, charities, and businesses to build a world where street-connected children are treated equally; have the right to be heard; and have the right to life, survival, and development. The Consortium hosts the world's largest online collection of publications and research reports on street-connected children.
Transgender Homeless Adults & Unsheltered Homelessness: What the Data Tell Us
National Alliance to End Homelessness Homelessness Research Institute
Limited information exists about the number of transgender people experiencing homelessness. There are very few data sets relative to this population, but all the data tells a similar story: transgender people are more likely to be unsheltered than their cisgender peers, and those who are unsheltered have considerably more health and safety challenges than those who are sheltered.
The Framework for an Equitable COVID-19 Response: Priorities from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer (LGBQ)/Trans* People
National Innovation Service (NIS) Center for Housing Justice
The National Working Group on Historically Marginalized Communities partnered with the NIS Center for Housing Justice to design a series of listening sessions with historically marginalized communities. The working group members informed which groups to focus on, the questions that should be addressed, the protocols to be used in the listening sessions, and the recruitment of participants from around the country. This work...