Policy Press

Reimagining Homelessness

For Policy and Practice

By Eoin O'Sullivan

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Page count

128 pages

ISBN

978-1447353515

Dimensions

203 x 127 mm

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Policy Press

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Page count

128 pages

ISBN

978-1447353522

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Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Page count

128 pages

ISBN

978-1447353522

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Page count

128 pages

ISBN

978-1447353546

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Policy Press
Reimagining Homelessness
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The number of people experiencing homelessness is rising in the majority of advanced western economies. Responses to these rising numbers are variable but broadly include elements of congregate emergency accommodation, long-term supported accommodation, survivalist services and degrees of coercion. It is evident that these policies are failing.

Using contemporary research, policy and practice examples, this book uses the Irish experience to argue that we need to urgently reimagine homelessness as a pattern of residential instability and economic precariousness regularly experienced by marginal households. Bringing to light stark evidence, it proves that current responses to homelessness only maintain or exacerbate this instability rather than arrest it and provides a robust evidence base to reimagine how we respond to homelessness.

Eoin O’Sullivan is a Professor in Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin.

Introduction;

Rediscovering Homelessness;

Responding to Homelessness;

Reacting to Homelessness;

Reimagining Homelessness;

Conclusion.