Intersectional Identities

While homelessness impacts a diverse array of people internationally, in many contexts it tends to be experienced disproportionately by marginalized groups who face additional barriers to housing due to discrimination. Each of group faces its own set of problems, traumas, and barriers to housing.

LGBTQIA+ and Gender Diversity

At the Intersections: A Collaborative Resource on LGBTQ Youth Homelessness

At the Intersections: A Collaborative Resource on LGBTQ Youth Homelessness

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Equal Access for Transgender People: Supporting Inclusive Housing and Shelters

Equal Access for Transgender People: Supporting Inclusive Housing and Shelters

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Housing Need & Homelessness Amongst Gender-Diverse People in Canada

Housing Need & Homelessness Amongst Gender-Diverse People in Canada

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Research of LGBTQ2S Lived Experience of Homelessness in Calgary

Research of LGBTQ2S Lived Experience of Homelessness in Calgary

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Transgender Homeless Adults & Unsheltered Homelessness: What the Data Tell Us

Transgender Homeless Adults & Unsheltered Homelessness: What the Data Tell Us

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Priorities from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer (LGBQ)/Trans* People

Priorities from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer (LGBQ)/Trans* People

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Left Out: Why Many LGBTQ+ People Aren’t Accessing Their Right to Housing in the UK

Left Out: Why Many LGBTQ+ People Aren’t Accessing Their Right to Housing in the UK

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Data Snapshot: Non-Cisgender Homeless Individuals Face Higher Risk of Being Unsheltered

Data Snapshot: Non-Cisgender Homeless Individuals Face Higher Risk of Being Unsheltered

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LGBTIQ+ Homelessness: A Review of the Literature

LGBTIQ+ Homelessness: A Review of the Literature

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Not Just a ‘Youth Problem’: LGBT+ Experiences of Homelessness Across the Life Course in Fife, Scotland

Not Just a ‘Youth Problem’: LGBT+ Experiences of Homelessness Across the Life Course in Fife, Scotland

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Intersections: The LGBTI II Survey

Intersections: The LGBTI II Survey

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Race and Ethnicity

An Aboriginal Cultural Safety Framework for the Specialist Homelessness Sector

An Aboriginal Cultural Safety Framework for the Specialist Homelessness Sector

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Ethnic Inequalities and Homelessness in the UK

Ethnic Inequalities and Homelessness in the UK

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Equity and Homelessness

Equity and Homelessness

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Webinar: For Indigenous People, Preserving "Home", Culture, and Community is a Human Right

Webinar: For Indigenous People, Preserving "Home", Culture, and Community is a Human Right

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Webinar: Hard Conversation about Racial Equity in Housing and Homelessness

Webinar: Hard Conversation about Racial Equity in Housing and Homelessness

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Homelessness and Black and Minoritised Ethnic Communities in the UK

Homelessness and Black and Minoritised Ethnic Communities in the UK

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Webinar: Housing, Poverty, and Racism in the Movement to End Homelessness

Webinar: Housing, Poverty, and Racism in the Movement to End Homelessness

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Podcast: Indigenous Epistemologies & Open Science: Learning from the Land

Podcast: Indigenous Epistemologies & Open Science: Learning from the Land

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LAHSA Opportunities for Advancing Racial Equity

LAHSA Opportunities for Advancing Racial Equity

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Native American and Indigenous Peoples FAQs

Native American and Indigenous Peoples FAQs

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Racial Equity Toolkit

Racial Equity Toolkit

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Regional Consultation on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Asia

Regional Consultation on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Asia

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Vulnerability to Homelessness, Use of Services and Homelessness Prevention in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

Vulnerability to Homelessness, Use of Services and Homelessness Prevention in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

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UNOG Library Resource Guide on People of African Descent

UNOG Library Resource Guide on People of African Descent

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Racial Disparities in Homelessness Persist: A Data Snapshot

Racial Disparities in Homelessness Persist: A Data Snapshot

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Women

‘A Shelter is Not a Home’: Voices of Homeless Women in the City of Tshwane

‘A Shelter is Not a Home’: Voices of Homeless Women in the City of Tshwane

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Findings of a Study Exploring Homeless Street Females in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Findings of a Study Exploring Homeless Street Females in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Implementation of the Right to Housing for Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse People in Canada

Implementation of the Right to Housing for Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse People in Canada

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Japanese Social Exclusion and Inclusion from a Housing Perspective

Japanese Social Exclusion and Inclusion from a Housing Perspective

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Mainstreaming Gender Into Mega-City Development Programs

Mainstreaming Gender Into Mega-City Development Programs

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Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping and Policies

Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping and Policies

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Women's Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction

Women's Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction

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FEANTSA Women - Community of Practice

FEANTSA Women - Community of Practice

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Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

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Vivir en la calle: experiencias corporales para pensar los géneros en Bogotá

Vivir en la calle: experiencias corporales para pensar los géneros en Bogotá

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Invisibles, Vulnerables, pero Resilientes: Mujeres Migrantes en Situación de Sinhogarismo y Estrategias de Supervivencia Femeninas

Invisibles, Vulnerables, pero Resilientes: Mujeres Migrantes en Situación de Sinhogarismo y Estrategias de Supervivencia Femeninas

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Podcast: Programa de vivienda y servicios para mujeres

Podcast: Programa de vivienda y servicios para mujeres

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Youth

Consortium for Street Children 2019 Annual Review

Consortium for Street Children 2019 Annual Review

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Impact Report 2022-2023 (EN) | Making the Shift Social Innovation Lab

Impact Report 2022-2023 (EN) | Making the Shift Social Innovation Lab

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A Study on Street Children in Zimbabwe

A Study on Street Children in Zimbabwe

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Book: Children on the Streets of the Americas

Book: Children on the Streets of the Americas

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Life Experiences of Street Children in Bulawayo

Life Experiences of Street Children in Bulawayo

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Inhalant and Other Substance Use Among Street Boys in Kisumu, Kenya

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Inhalant and Other Substance Use Among Street Boys in Kisumu, Kenya

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Social Correlates and Coping Measures of Street-Children

Social Correlates and Coping Measures of Street-Children

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Podcast: Young and Homeless

Podcast: Young and Homeless

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Child and Youth Homelessness in the United States: Data Profiles

Child and Youth Homelessness in the United States: Data Profiles

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Más allá de la vivienda: Juventud y sinhogarismo

Más allá de la vivienda: Juventud y sinhogarismo

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Watch: Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Cook County, Illinois

Watch: Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Cook County, Illinois

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Health Inequalities Among Homeless Adolescents

Health Inequalities Among Homeless Adolescents

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ESF+ TOOLKIT: Mobilising European Funds to Prevent and Combat Youth Homelessness

ESF+ TOOLKIT: Mobilising European Funds to Prevent and Combat Youth Homelessness

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People With Disabilities

People with Disability Transitioning from Prison and their Pathways Into Homelessness

People with Disability Transitioning from Prison and their Pathways Into Homelessness

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Personas en situación de sinhogarismo y discapacidad

Personas en situación de sinhogarismo y discapacidad

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Personas con discapacidad mental o psicosocial en situación de calle

Personas con discapacidad mental o psicosocial en situación de calle

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Podcast: Rethinking Development - Disability, Poverty and Society

Podcast: Rethinking Development - Disability, Poverty and Society

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The Relative Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability

The Relative Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability

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Protocolo de acceso a servicios para personas en situación de sinhogarismo con discapacidad

Protocolo de acceso a servicios para personas en situación de sinhogarismo con discapacidad

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