Not all, but some of the homeless belong to a unique society, separated in some ways from mainstream culture. What does that society look like? How does that relate to the problems of homelessness? Can they be solved or should they be solved? And other questions related to the study of homelessness.
Most people would agree that homeless camps are a problem. But what is really the problem here? The fact that homeless camps exist, or that they are not legalized? Should all of these people be in homes? Or […]
In my work with the chronically homeless (1 year or more), I have observed a number of distinct characteristics of homeless culture. About twenty of them are described here (skip the first post, which is […]
