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(f)
Prevent and prohibit evictions leading to homelessness through legislative
and other means, including by establishing mechanisms to prevent evictions that
include local authorities, tenancy tribunals, public and private housing providers, social
service providers and civil society organizations;
(g)
Establish support programmes to ensure access to housing for persons
released from foster care, childcare institutions, hospitals, military service or prisons or
other institutions;
(h)
Provide emergency and temporary housing that meets the existing human
rights standards for all persons experiencing homelessness, without discrimination,
including those exploited in contemporary forms of slavery;
(i)
Provide tailored support to children and young people, women, single
parent families, minorities, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people in order to prevent intersecting
forms of discrimination in access to emergency and temporary housing;
(j)
Work collaboratively with civil society organizations, private housing
providers, businesses and international donors in providing emergency and temporary
housing;
(k)
Ensure swift access to long-term affordable, safe and secure housing or
land to persons experiencing homelessness, in closer cooperation with public and
private housing providers, civil society and other stakeholders, and consider
implementing additional measures, such as financial incentives or rent guarantees for
housing providers and rental and mortgage subsidies for groups in particularly
vulnerable situations;
(l)
Provide equal access to essential services, including health care and social
assistance, as well as access to justice and remedies for all persons experiencing
homelessness, without discrimination, and consider special measures, including noncontributory schemes, where possible and appropriate;
(m) Through legislative and other means, eliminate barriers that make it
difficult for persons experiencing homelessness to acquire access to public services, such
as requirements for identity documents, regular migration status, a fixed address and
a bank account;
(n)
Ensure that the provision of public services sufficiently reflects the
individual needs and circumstances of persons experiencing homelessness, paying due
regard to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and indigenous, migration, disability
and health status, including with regard to substance abuse;
(o)
Proactively provide information about available public services to persons
experiencing homelessness, in close cooperation with civil society organizations and
other stakeholders;
(p)
Ensure that persons experiencing homelessness and/or those representing
their interests actively participate in all decision-making processes that affect their wellbeing;
(q)
Pay particular attention to children in street situations who may require
additional care and support, and depending on the needs of each child, consider such
measures as family reunification or community-based care for those without parents or
guardians;
(r)
Secure equal access to education and vocational training, as well as
medical and psychosocial support, for children in street situations, without
discrimination;
(s)
Ensure that parents and families are socially and economically supported
in order to prevent their children from being pushed into street situations;
(t)
Provide equal opportunities for decent work to persons experiencing
homelessness, in close cooperation with businesses and civil society actors, including
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