Homelessness and social policy / edited by Roger Burrows, Nicholas Pleace, and Deborah Quilgars.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.

Print version record.

1. Homelessness in contemporary Britain : conceptualisation and measurement / Nicholas Pleace, Roger Burrows and Deborah Quilgars -- 2. Homelessness and the law / Stuart Lowe -- 3. Theorising homelessness : contemporary sociological and feminist perspectives / Joanne Neale -- 4. The social distribution of the experience of homelessness / Roger Burrows -- 5. The characteristics of single homeless people in England / Peter A. Kemp -- 6. Mortgage arrears, mortgage possessions and homelessness / Janet Ford -- 7. Soldiering on? Theorising homelessness amongst ex-servicemen / Paul Higate -- 8. The housing needs of ex-prisoners / Jane Carlisle -- 9. The health of single homeless people / Wendy Bines -- 10. Health, homelessness and access to health care services in London / Nicholas Pleace and Deborah Quilgars -- 11. Rehousing single homeless people / Nicholas Pleace -- 12. Opening doors in the private rented sector : developments in assistance with access / Julie Rugg -- 13. The capacity of the private rented sector to house homeless households / Mark Bevan and David Rhodes -- 14. Hostels : a useful policy and practice response? / Joanne Neale -- 15. Addressing the problem of youth homelessness and unemployment : the contribution of foyers / Deborah Quilgars and Isobel Anderson -- 16. Working together to help homeless people : an examination of inter-agency themes / Christine Oldman.

English.

Annotation Who are the homeless in Britain today? How does their homelessness occur? Contributors review theoretical and legal conceptualisations of homelessness, analyse the statistics and evaluate the policy responses so far.

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