Gibbons, A., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A. et al. (3 more authors) (2020) Rural homelessness : Prevention practices in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19 (1). pp. 133-144. ISSN 1474-7464
Abstract
Homelessness is largely understood as an urban issue and so rural homelessness is to a large extent invisible in both academic literature and in policy and practice discussions, just as it is often invisible in discourses of everyday rural life. This article draws on extensive interviews with homeless service users and providers in three rural authorities in Wales to give a clearer sense of the nature and challenges of rural homelessness. The article documents and explores the very different strategies employed by those facing homelessness in the rural context, as well as those of rural local authorities providing them preventative and person-centred support. Analysis of the struggle of many rural households to remain in place, often at the cost of homelessness and lowered ability to access services, will have resonance in a range of contexts and have implications for policy makers and practitioners in rural contexts beyond Wales.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Cambridge University Press. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Policy and Society. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | homelessness; housing policy; prevention; local connection; rural |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Aug 2019 09:34 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2020 16:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1474746419000368 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:149266 |
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