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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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Equal Access for Transgender People: Supporting Inclusive Housing and Shelters
David Canavan
Fran Ledger
This guide focuses on project-level policies and procedures, requirements and recommendations specific to single-sex facilities, and resources for creating practical documents like signage, intake forms, and other written policies and procedures. Specific questions requesting formal HUD program guidance can be submitted to the Ask A Question (AAQ) portal. Select the appropriate program – CoC: Continuum of Care, ESG: Emergency...
A claim to dignity: Ageing on the move
Help Age International
UNHCR
With this report, HelpAge and UNHCR aim to cast light on the challenges and risks faced by older persons on the move so that actions are taken to ensure they are not left behind.
Migration
Verena Hölzl
Susan Schulman
An in-depth collection of global reporting on refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and internally displaced people.
Being Human in the Asylum System
JRS UK report seeks to envisage a just and person-centred asylum system by bringing refugee experience and policy analysis into conversation with Catholic Social Teaching, against the backdrop of new, deeply troubling government proposals for an overhaul of the asylum system.
2021 Global Report on Internal Displacement
Norwegian Refugee Council
The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) is the definitive source of data and analysis on the risk, scale and impacts of internal displacement worldwide. The report offers insights into key challenges and opportunities in addressing and preventing displacement. It also highlights areas that require increased investment at local, national and global levels.
Addressing the Legacy of Expedited Removal: Border Procedures and Alternatives for Reform
Dr. Yael Schacher
This issue brief suggests alternative ways the United States can have a fair and efficient system that better fulfills its obligation to provide access to protection at the border.
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2018
UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency
The Global Trends Report is published every year to analyze the changes in UNHCR’s populations of concern and deepen public understanding of ongoing crises.
Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework
UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency
A vision for a more predictable and more comprehensive response to these crises, calling for greater support to refugees and the countries that host them.
The ‘ideal’ homelessness law: balancing ‘rights centred’ and ‘professional-centred’ social policy
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Liz Davies
This paper sets out proposals for the ‘ideal’ legal framework to address homelessness in Great Britain (GB), with potential lessons for other countries seeking to pursue rights-based approaches in this field. Exploiting the ‘natural experiment’ conditions generated by post-devolution divergence in key aspects of homelessness law, the paper draws on legal and social scientific learning from England, Scotland and Wales, as well...
A New Journal for Sharing Knowledge to Prevent and End Homelessness
Abe Oudshoorn
Recognizing the need for scholarly dissemination on preventing and ending homelessness that truly incorporates both the Global North and Global South, an international board has come together to launch a new journal. The International Journal on Homelessness is based on the values of excellent scholarship, international knowledge sharing, the need for vastly more affordable housing, making space for global knowledge transfer...
5 Key Facts About Homeless Veterans
Joy Moses
In recent years, the homeless services world has held these sentiments all year long: diligently working to secure permanent housing for everyone who has served our country. This resource provides five key facts about these efforts, and the remaining barriers on the road to finally ending veterans’ homelessness in America. 
National LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness Research Agenda
The intention of the research agenda is to center the voices and experiences of those most impacted by LGBTQ youth homelessness and to provide a guide for researchers investigating solutions to address the disparities faced by LGBTQ youth, particularly LGBTQ youth of color. The purpose of this national research agenda on LGBTQ+ youth homelessness - the first of its kind - is to ensure True Colors United's movement is backed...
Global Coronavirus Resources and Guidance For Homeless Services
OVERVIEW To support your efforts in protecting people experiencing homelessness from the coronavirus and in response preparations, we have collected some guidance and resources from around the world. The coronavirus guidance points to the establishment of links to local health departments, increased communication, and a focus on preparedness.  We recognize that these resources are heavily sourced from the United States, so if...
Registry Week Toolkit
This toolkit has been prepared to assist Australian organisations interested in implementing a ‘Registry Week’ within their community. Registry Weeks use a specific methodology and an evidence-based tool (the Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritisation Decision Assistance Tool, or VI-SPDAT) to understand who is homeless and what their health and housing needs are. Registry Weeks are collaborative efforts in a community to...
Lived Experience of Housing and Homelessness
The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) recently worked with the South Australian Housing Authority to spend time with 93 people with lived experience of housing challenges and homelessness. Their insights about housing and homelessness were collated and shared to inform the South Australian Housing Authority’s Housing, Homelessness and Support Strategy. People with lived experience generated numerous ideas to...
Voice of Experience: Engaging People with Lived Experience of Poverty in Consultations
Bee Lee Soh
John Stapleton
In 2017, anti-poverty activist Bee Lee Soh and Metcalf Innovation Fellow John Stapleton were selected, from among 400 nominations, to participate on the federal government’s Ministerial Advisory Committee on Poverty. The committee provided input and helped inform Canada’s first-ever National Poverty Reduction Strategy. Soh and Stapleton were the only two individuals from Toronto, among the 17-member advisory committee....
IGH Framework (Portuguese) - Estrutura IGH
Este é o Framework do Institute of Global Homelessness's traduzido no idioma português. A Estrutura captura três grandes categorias de pessoas que podem ser consideradas sem-teto, definidas como "sem acesso a moradias minimamente adequadas".
State of Homelessness in Countries with Developed Economies
Homelessness is a complex issue, with varied and sometimes conflicting definitions. It is an issue sitting at the intersection of public health, housing affordability, domestic violence, mental illness, substance misuse, urbanization, racial and gender discrimination, infrastructure, and unemployment. The interplay between these elements is expressed in a host of ways depending upon local context. Levels of homelessness rise...
Housing supply requirements across Great Britain: for low-income households and homeless people
Glen Bramley
There is an urgent need for more housing that provides people on low incomes with security, decent living conditions, and affordable rents. Across Great Britain the need and demand for low-rent housing outstrip supply. This report presents the findings of a study, carried out by Professor Glen Bramley of Heriot-Watt University for Crisis and the National Housing Federation, to estimate the scale of current and future housing...
Homelessness prevention in Newcastle: Examining the role of the ‘local state’ in the context of austerity and welfare reforms
This report examines how Newcastle’s ‘local state’ (the city council and relevant partners) are preventing homelessness in the context of local government funding cuts and welfare reforms, and how the approaches might be improved. The mixed-methods study has quantitatively compared Newcastle with other core cities using key administrative and survey-based data sources, and employed qualitative interviews and focus groups with...