This article attempts to engage with developing critical realist perspectives in housing and
urban policy to propose a more rigorous framework for analysing the causes of …

Young Homeless People takes a broad approach to the distressing phenomenon of youth
homelessness. While politicians, researchers and the media focus on the more visibly …

Taking a holistic and multidisciplinary approach this book identifies and analyzes the factors
which promote or discourage social inclusion of young people in today's society. It critically …

Services for families and children are rightfully the focus of intense scrutiny and debate, and
there is a clear need to establish a knowledge of which services work well. This volume …

When reading this book I am reminded of Charles Dickens' opening line in A Tale of Two
Cities:'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'. The chapters in this book describe in …

The informal categorisation of clients into those who are more and those who are less
'deserving'of help has been a noted occurrence amongst welfare officials. Whilst such …

This chapter discusses both the particular and different problems of accessing adequate
housing faced by many women and men, the special housing needs of women associated …

In N ovember 2011, the Localism Act was passed and, on one view, reflects the widest‐
ranging reforms to housing law for over a half century. Ambitious in its stated aims, the …

Across Europe there has been a rise in the number of citizens excluded from society through
homelessness particularly in the largest European economies. In the UK homelessness has …

This paper examines the complexities of providing housing support services for people who
have experienced homelessness. The evidence is from a qualitative study of both those …