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Homelessness as a public health law issue : selected resources
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March 2, 2017
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Description:On any given night, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless in the United States. These people might be chronically homeless, have temporarily lost their shelter, be fleeing domestic violence, or facing any number of other issues. Homelessness is closely connected to declines in physical and mental health; homeless persons experience high rates of health problems such as HIV infection, alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness, tuberculosis, and other conditions. Health problems among homeless persons result from various factors, such as barriers to care, lack of access to adequate food and protection, and limited resources and social services. As each of these factors have legal underpinnings, legal and policy interventions have often been used to attempt to address homelessness, although not always from a public health perspective.
The following resources describe homelessness as a public health concern, discuss the criminalization of homelessness in some jurisdictions, and give examples of legal and policy approaches to addressing homelessness.
resources-homelessness.pdf
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