HR25, Bogotá | The Human Cost of Housing Insecurity: Persecution, Poverty, and Policy Failures

HR25, Bogotá | The Human Cost of Housing Insecurity: Persecution, Poverty, and Policy Failures

Chair: José Arturo Costa Escobar Ancella Voets: Need for Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Harm Reduction Services for, and an End to Criminalization of Marginalized Migrants Who Use Drugs Shannon Ducharme: Living and Dying on the Edge of the Edge: Creating a Model for Palliative Care for People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco Catherine Tomko: Gentrification and Policing: Evidence and Implications for Reducing Criminalization of People Who Use Drugs Rob Ralphs: Support Don’t Punish: A Holistic Harm Reduction-Centered Approach to Working with People Who Use Drugs and Live Street-Based Lifestyles Thiago Calil: Drugs and Cities - Access to Housing as a Perspective for Care and Rights Guarantee for Latin America Filmed in Bogotá, Colombia, in April 2025, as part of the Harm Reduction International Conference. www.hri.global