Being on your period is the worst time for a woman to be homeless–it gives you that extra
blow.—Simran While estimates vary, in the US, 553,000 people are experiencing …

Welfare conditionality has become an idea of global significance in recent years. A 'hot
topic'in North America, Australia, and across Europe, it has been linked to austerity politics …

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The number of people experiencing
homelessness is rising in the majority of advanced western economies. Bringing to light the …

Across rich nations with welfare states, charity continues as a dominant force in the lives of
people who are poor. Inadequate state welfare and high housing costs drive people in …

Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains at stubbornly high
levels across developed nations. This is despite increased policy attention, economic …

Historically, governmental responses to homelessness in Canada have defaulted to the
most basic of services such as food and shelter. Even under exceptional circumstances …

This book conceptualises the role of charity to people who are poor in wealthy countries and
outlines a set of practical and conceptual ideas for how it could be reimagined. Despite …

The rhetoric and practice of localism has attracted significant support within both political
and academic circles in the UK in recent years. However, it is the contention of this article …

Vast human and financial resources have been spent in efforts to understand and address
street homelessness. Yet, the problem persists. This think piece summarises the findings of …

Recent decades have witnessed growing popularity in embodied philanthropy, where
participants undertake various types of publicly displayed bodily labour in support of their …