The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness brings together many of the world’s leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the subject. Comprising 41 chapters and divided into four sections, the handbook includes A comprehensive introduction to homelessness, referring to history, culture, causation and definitions. Contemporary and historical debates around homelessness in different academic disciplines. Homelessness relating to gender, sexuality, youth, families, migration, rurality, veterans and health. A range of country-specific studies to illustrate the ways in which homelessness is researched and understood around the world. Methods of engagement and modes of analysis. With contributors from around the world and editors from the Centre of Housing Policy at the University of York, this handbook provides a groundbreaking and authoritative guide to theory, method and the primary interdisciplinary debates of today on homelessness. It will be essential reading for students, academics and professionals across the disciplines of sociology, human geography, public policy, housing policy, social policy, social work, economics and criminology.

The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could better epitomize the end of the modernist project than our seeming inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter, warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our "citizens"? This text offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and the policy responses it has so far invoked. Derived from work carried out at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York during the 1990s, the text reviews theoretical and legal conceptualizations of the problem, considers the impact of the experience of homelessness and offers evaluations of various policy responses. Chapters include considerations of: the social distribution of homelessness; health and homelessness; the impact of mortgage repossession; social theory and the law; homelessness amongst ex-servicemen and ex-prisoners; evaluation of access schemes, rehousing strategies, hostels; and the use of the private rented sector to house homeless households.

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Fully cross-referenced and with suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive guide is an essential resource for anyone interested in this fascinating area.

The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could better epitomize the end of the modernist project than our seeming inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter, warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our "citizens"? This text offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and the policy responses it has so far invoked. Derived from work carried out at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York during the 1990s, the text reviews theoretical and legal conceptualizations of the problem, considers the impact of the experience of homelessness and offers evaluations of various policy responses. Chapters include considerations of: the social distribution of homelessness; health and homelessness; the impact of mortgage repossession; social theory and the law; homelessness amongst ex-servicemen and ex-prisoners; evaluation of access schemes, rehousing strategies, hostels; and the use of the private rented sector to house homeless households.

Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains at stubbornly high levels across developed nations. This is despite increased policy attention, economic provision and the implementation of strategies that have promised to stop homelessness in its tracks, rather than simply manage the crisis. Providing an in-depth exploration of the experiences of Ireland, Denmark and Finland in their various initiatives designed to end homelessness, this book presents an authoritative comparative account of policies and strategies that have worked, along with an exposition of those that have not. Making an invaluable and timely contribution to the current debate, it provides essential policy lessons for the multiple jurisdictions seeking to successfully bring homelessness to an end.

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