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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI, I am attaching is an article on shelter stays patterns (including in Ottawa) that has been published in the journal of Housing Studies and is now available online. The research was presented at the Alliance’s 2010 Homelessness Forum.
The article has been made open access so you are welcome to circulate it. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ABSTRACT <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The study analyzed the patterns of emergency shelter stays of single persons in three<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Canadian cities of different sizes (i.e., Toronto, Ottawa, and Guelph). Similar to findings of previous<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">research conducted in large American cities in the early 1990s, cluster analyses defined three<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">clusters with distinct patterns of shelter stays (temporary, episodic, and long stay). A temporary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">cluster (88–94 per cent) experienced a small number of homeless episodes for relatively short<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">periods of time. An episodic cluster (3–11 per cent) experienced multiple homeless episodes also for<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">short periods of time. A long-stay cluster (2–4 per cent) had a relatively small number of homeless<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">episodes but for long periods of time. Despite their relatively small size, the episodic and long-stay<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">clusters used a disproportionately large number of total shelter beds. The study extends findings from<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">previous American research to a Canadian context and to small- and medium-size cities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Implications of the findings for program and policy development are discussed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tim Aubry
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