Help wanted: A call for the non-profit sector to increase services for hard-to-house persons with concurrent disorders in the Western Canadian Arctic

Using a community-based research framework with mixed methods, this paper examines the experiences of homeless persons in Inuvik, NWT. Situated in a resource-rich region, the Beaufort Delta, Inuvik has been impacted by resource extraction and associated boom and bust economic cycles. In the wake of a downturn in oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort Sea, this paper examines the problem of housing for HtH persons with concurrent disorders. The experiences and observations of service providers and HtH persons are captured through focus groups, and HtH persons' quality of life is assessed through a questionnaire-Quality of Life for Homeless and Hard to House Individuals (QoLHHI). The paper concludes by recommending that governments and industry take responsibility and that the non-profit sector take a leadership role in service provision. (C) 2015 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd.