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COVID-19 and homelessness: Sweden

In: Research Handbook on Homelessness

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  • Marcus Knutagård

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The aim of the chapter is to provide an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on homelessness in Sweden. It underlines the lack of policies towards homelessness during the pandemic. The chapter also highlights the introduction of new municipal guidelines that have made it increasingly difficult for people being unhoused to get help from the social services. The chapter also discuss the distinction between socially homeless and structurally homeless. One consequence of this distinction is that many so-called structurally homeless individuals and families are forced to live in precarious housing situations. At the end of the chapter the intersection between migration and homelessness is being discussed.

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  • Marcus Knutagård, 2024. "COVID-19 and homelessness: Sweden," Chapters, in: Guy Johnson & Dennis Culhane & Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Stephen Metraux & Eoin O’Sullivan (ed.), Research Handbook on Homelessness, chapter 26, pages 349-359, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20572_26
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