"They have their security, we have our community": Mutual support among people experiencing homelessness in encampments in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Lisa M. Boucher (Author), Zoë Dodd (Author), Samantha Young (Author), Abeera Shahid (Author), Ahmed Bayoumi (Author), Michelle Firestone (Author), Claire E. Kendall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Unaffordable housing is a growing crisis in Canada, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet perspectives of people living outdoors in encampments have primarily gone unheard. We conducted qualitative interviews with encampment residents to explore how mutual support occurred within the social cont...