Shelter Design Can Help People Recover From Homelessness [citylab.com]

Alicia Doktor 7/11/184:00 AM

Some 544,000 people in the United States have no shelter every night, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Families make up more than one-third of this total.

Beyond exposing them to weather, crime, and unsanitary conditions, homelessness can also damage people’s self-esteem, making them feel helpless or hopeless. Being homeless is a traumatic experience, in part because of the associated stigma.

Recovering from homelessness may therefore involve not just finding a job and permanent home but also rebuilding one’s self-esteem.

[For more on this story by JILL PABLE, go to https://www.citylab.com/equity...homelessness/564710/]

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