EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Extract
The key drivers of homelessness that apply to the general population also apply to the CaLD population. Synthesis of qualitative research about CaLD homeless populations reveals that there are certain individual and structural drivers that are particular to CaLD populations, or that CaLD populations feel more acutely, and that lead to increased risks of homelessness. …
Review of qualitative studies also identifies certain groups within the CaLD population who are especially at risk of homelessness since they are likely to be facing multiple and compounding
individual and structural antecedents to homelessness. Particularly vulnerable groups include humanitarian migrants, women on temporary visas, young people and, more recently, older people from CaLD populations have been identified to be at increasing risk of homelessness. …
Qualitative analysis of drivers for homelessness confirms the findings of the quantitative data – that people with CaLD backgrounds are more likely to become homeless than other people, and although they are less likely to be sleeping rough, they are much more likely to stay in transitional, unsafe or inadequate housing for long periods of time. …
People who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and are from CaLD communities experience ‘double disadvantage’ as they are more likely to face homelessness, and also more
likely to face a number of barriers to accessing help, such as lack of system knowledge, language, lack of culturally appropriate services, ineligibility to access services and discrimination. Cont./
SOURCE: Kaleveld, L., Atkins, Mariana T. and Flatau, P. (2019). Homelessness in Western Australia: A review of the research and statistical evidence. Perth: Government of Western Australia, Department of Communities.
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