Pathways to Homelessness and Social Exclusion: Research with Rough Sleepers in Croatia
Pathways to Homelessness and Social Exclusion: Research with Rough Sleepers in Croatia

Summary/Abstract: This new study explores pathways into homelessness and identifies ‘turning points’ among persons currently experiencing rooflessness. Besides their explanations, this research also holistically examines individual biographies to see how other issues have permeated their lives. Although the reasons people described for becoming homeless were complex and multi-layered, the study identifies six pathways into homelessness, as well as some turning points. This research shows that pathways into homelessness do not develop in isolation from life circumstances, but rather that life pathways and pathways into homelessness were closely interwoven into a web, making sustainable exits from homelessness more difficult. This paper is open access and may be further distributed in accordance with the provisions of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 HR licence.

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