Improving ways of working with researchers with lived expertise (of homelessness).

It has become increasingly apparent that conducting rigorous, relevant and accepted research requires including Researchers with Lived Expertise/Experience (RWLE) in the research process. Including RWLE can create new knowledge rooted in new perspectives, and support research that is more relevant to affected populations. However, the conversation has primarily focused on how involving RWLE can improve research outcomes, so that inequities are being better addressed; there is very little focus on how involvement in research can and should benefit RWLE themselves, nor of how the research process itself can demonstrate a commitment to addressing inequities.