Anya Ahmed, Robert Hagan

Social Work, Housing, and Homelessness

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shelter is a basic human requirement, yet housing in the UK has increasingly been perceived as an asset rather than the secure base everyone requires for their basic physical and mental health needs and well-being.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032562643
• ISBN-10: 1032562641
• Artikelnr.: 71953058

Autorenporträt

Robert Hagan is a senior lecturer in social work at Manchester Metropolitan University. Anya Ahmed is Professor of Wellbeing and Communities at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as Academic Director of the university's Doctoral College.

Inhaltsangabe

0.Introduction: Why social work, housing and homelessness? Part One -
Housing choices, options and limitations. 1.A place to call home: Where do
we live and what does it mean? 2.Property, land, and shelter: Commodity or
right. 3.Cohesive communities and segregated estates: Values and
challenges. 4.Housing precarity and disadvantage today: Adjusting service
provision to tackle injustice and new risks. Part Two - Homeless
experiences and specific housing needs. 5.Homelessness and single people:
Supporting routes to shelter and security. 6.Women, children, families and
homelessness: Advocating for and maintaining family security. 7.After care:
where now? Care leavers and other young people at risk of rootlessness.
8.Adults with disabilities: Options, transitions and new beginnings.
9.Older people: Autonomy, restrictions and care. Conclusion - How now
should social work respond to housing?