@article{ref1,
title="Emergency shelters in Vancouver, Canada",
journal="Journal of community health",
year="1993",
author="Acorn, Sonia",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="283-291",
abstract="The shelter experiences, employment history, income and social service needs utilization were examined among 124 emergency shelter users in Vancouver, British Columbia. Thirty-six (30.5%) reported this as their first experience with living in a shelter; the length of stay in the present shelter ranged from one to 90 days. Reasons for shelter use included: eviction from last place of residence, loss of job, or suffering from health problems rendering one unable to work. The highest unmet service needs were finding affordable housing and finding a job. This combination of scarcity of low-cost housing, health problems, and difficulty in finding employment have led to a situation where emergency shelters have become extended places of residence, a &quot;home&quot; to many.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0094-5145",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}