STREET

HOMELESSNESS

Description - Street

DESCRIPTION

Thematically the reality of street homelessness in all its permutations – economic homelessness, homelessness and health care, homelessness and mental illness, homelessness and transnational migrants, youth homelessness, and older people and homelessness – runs like a thread through all these locations. In addition, street homelessness increasingly has a suburban face as well, with at least 44% of homeless people in the City of Tshwane finding themselves in suburban areas. Street homelessness is a priority of the Urban Studio, since its inception.

Features

The Tshwane Homelessness Forum coordinates actions and concerns of organisations and individuals seeking to address street homelessness
‘Pathways out of homelessness’ is a comprehensive, trans-disciplinary research project, continuously developing knowledge in relation to street homelessness in the City of Tshwane
One of the outcomes of the ‘Pathways out of homelessness’ research project was the adoption of the Tshwane Homelessness Policy and Strategy in August 2019
The project helped birth the National Homeless Network

Question

How can a collaborative, ‘command centre’ approach to street homelessness, help to significantly reduce the number of street homeless persons, through appropriate interventions and infrastructures that end homelessness one person and one family at a time?

Research actions

Continuous knowledge generation and dissemination through the ‘Pathways out of homelessness’ research project (popular media and academic publications)
Accompanying implementation of the adopted Policy and Strategy on street homelessness in the City of Tshwane
Providing secretariat to the National Homeless Network and on-going advocacy support for appropriate policy, strategy and budgets at national, provincial and local government levels