Efforts to purge the homeless from a city tend to push them to the fringes of the community and diminish their access to the urban environment.
Hungary Parliament Approves New Clampdown on Homelessness
Hungary's parliament have passed a law allowing local municipalities to prohibit rough sleeping, a move rights campaigners say criminalises homelessness.
Hungary's parliament have passed a law allowing local municipalities to prohibit rough sleeping, a move rights campaigners say criminalises homelessness.
‘In cities where homeless persons are viewed as an "environmental contaminant", efforts to purge the homeless from the area tend to push them to the fringes of the community and diminish their access to the urban environment and the resources it provides.’
In the article, "Treating People Like Pollution: Homelessness and Environmental Injustice",
Eric Bonds and Leslie Martin, University of Mary Washington,
Fredericksburg, VA, focus on the homeless population of Fredericksburg,
Virginia, a small city and distant suburb of Washington, DC. The authors provide compelling information and arguments to demonstrate how both official and unofficial movements and exclusionary policies from within communities reduce the visible existence of homeless populations. This important, and too often under-recognized environmental injustice, marginalizes homeless persons, making them feel less safe and unable to access community resources that may provide shelter, meals, and other social services.
"This article is important in elucidating the human costs of environmental indifference to those who we perceive as "others" in our society," says Environmental Justice Editor-in-Chief Sylvia Hood Washington, and Sustainability Director, Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC. "The authors make a significant contribution to the field of environmental injustice by including the homeless in our understanding of who suffers from environmental disenfranchisement."
33,518 Homeless People Perished on Delhi Streets Since 2004
In a shocking revelation by the Delhi Government, as many as 33,000 homeless people have died on Delhi streets since 2004 due to various reasons.
In a shocking revelation by the Delhi Government, as many as 33,000 homeless people have died on Delhi streets since 2004 due to various reasons.
Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication is Poor Among Homeless Patients
SFU health sciences researcher Stefanie Rezansoff has published a new study on the treatment of serious mental illnesses among people who are homeless.
SFU health sciences researcher Stefanie Rezansoff has published a new study on the treatment of serious mental illnesses among people who are homeless.
Tour the Streets of Paris With the Homeless
There is no better way to visit the streets of Paris than with people who have literally lived in them.
There is no better way to visit the streets of Paris than with people who have literally lived in them.
