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Mini ‘mod’ homes can help rough sleepers get off the streets for good

19 Oct 2021

Small, inexpensive units made from factory-built components can help to restore the health, relationships and finances of formerly homeless residents...

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Supporting people who are homeless during COVID-19, notes from Cambridge

08 Jun 2020

Dr Johannes Lenhard from the Department of Social Anthropology has started a new project with homeless people and those who support them in Cambridge...

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Homeless man in tunnel

A quarter of young people in the UK have experienced ‘unsafe’ homelessness, finds study

06 Jul 2015

A new study finds the numbers of young people being accommodated by local authorities or homeless services across the UK to be over three times...

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On the street

New study reveals scale of problem gambling among homeless population

02 Apr 2014

Homeless people are ten times more likely to be problem gamblers than the UK population as a whole, researchers at Cambridge have found.

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Three faces of London - St Paul's, Millenium Bridge and a homeless man

From ASBOs to IPNAs: how begging might become an official nuisance

18 Jan 2014

Johannes Lenhard, a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, discusses his experience of researching the lives of people who beg and considers how they...

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Loving beggars: how to avoid the trap of stereotyping

08 Aug 2013

While his peers studied global banking systems, PhD candidate Johannes Lenhard became fascinated by the economics of life on the street. Speaking to...

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