...Jenna L. Dole; Annette S. Crisanti; Janet Page-Reeves; Brady P. Horn; Rex W. Sitti; Matthew R. Schwartz; Alisa Lucero; Mayra Perez Purpose When developing housing-focused strategies to address homelessness, stakeholders often face barriers in the form of community resistance that can impede...

... in the most vulnerable communities. This paper aims to analyze the housing situation of the older adults in a vulnerable community in Santiago de Cuba during a period of particular economic difficulty. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzes the housing situation of a sample of people over 60 years...

... to establish the relationship between housing and social sustainability. Findings The study finds a significant relationship between housing and social sustainability when considered jointly on the variables of roofs of buildings and how often the refugee respondents meet with neighbours (p...

...Taylah Brown; Charlotte Smedley; Jacqui Cameron Purpose Despite a significant evidence base illustrating the issue of housing insecurity and homelessness experienced by women over the age of 55 in Australia [Pawson et al., 2018; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 2021b...

...Shagun Agarwal; Tribhuvan Pratap Singh; Deepak Bajaj Purpose Housing policies in India (last modified in 2017) define “affordable housing” on three main parameters – income of the target group, dwelling unit size and house price to income ratio. The Covid-19 pandemic has questioned the robustness...

... examination of Black homelessness across Canada and concludes with recommendations to expand knowledge on this important and under-researched issue, provide suggestions for future iterations of homeless enumerations and facilitate the development of inclusive housing policy. Ashley Wilkinson...

... at: b.basiliodeoliveira@chi.ac.uk 10 10 2022 01 02 2023 06 05 2023 19 07 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Housing Homelessness Welfare Thematic analysis Service providers Austerity Since the financial crisis...

...Debbie Tolson; Louise Ritchie; Michael Smith; Margaret Mullen Brown; Steven Tolson Purpose This paper aims to examine housing need for older people and people with dementia, with reference to Scotland. This paper also examines policy responses and tensions arising from such need and looks...

...Renee O’Donnell; Kostas Hatzikiriakidis; Melissa Savaglio; Dave Vicary; Jennifer Fleming; Helen Skouteris Purpose To reduce rates of homelessness, recent efforts have been directed toward developing non-conditional supported housing programs that prioritize the delivery of housing support...

...Shagun Agarwal; Tribhuvan Pratap Singh; Deepak Bajaj; Vimal Pant Purpose This paper aims to focus on the housing situation in Indian cities and the various stakeholders involved in the housing sector. This study addresses the conflict in expectations of the supply and demand side of the housing...

..., the authors offer eight recommendations of potentially promising practices among these responses. Situated within a capabilities approach, the authors call upon governments to provide a full breadth of responses to ensure that both health and housing are better protected and obtained during the COVID-19...

...Daniela Leonardi; Silvia Stefani Purpose Considering the case study presented, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of the pandemic in local services for homeless people. Drawing from the concept of ontological security, it will be discussed how different services’ levels of “housing...

... living in informal settlement housing units during periods of pandemic. This study practically provides a participatory approach to analysing and discussing the roles of landlords in tenant management and proffering solutions for formalisation of these roles in housing policies in Ghana. Appau Williams...

... years). Time working at the service ranged from 3 months to 11 years (average 3 years). The participants had various job roles, including: team leaders, social workers, personal development co-ordinators (a 'navigator' role), housing first co-ordinators, training and life skills worker and a beneficiary...

...Steve Iafrati Purpose The purpose of study is to explore how structural problems within housing supply and the marketisation of housing for the poorest and most vulnerable households affect households and can lead to negative outcomes for some households. The research highlights the experiences...

... circumstance, but 8% of landlords reported they would rent to such individuals and an additional 36% of landlords were open to it with a high threshold for other indicators of good tenancy such as stable housing history, good credit and timely rental payments. Practical implications These findings not only...

...Jonathan Hobson; Kenneth Lynch; Alex Lodge Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how residualisation is experienced across a supported housing provider in an English county. The analysis is in three parts: firstly, it focuses on organisational provision, including impacts of change...

...Cathy Bailey; Natalie Forster; Barbara Douglas; Claire Webster Saaremets; Esther Salamon Purpose Quality, accessible and appropriate housing is key to older people’s ability to live independently. The purpose of this paper is to understand older people’s housing aspirations and whether...

... homelessness. There is still a lack of clarity about the role of these programs in relation to Housing First (HF) discourse. The authors examine the role of MAPs within a policy environment that has become dominated by a focus on HF approaches to addressing homelessness. This examination includes a focus...

...Ali Alqahtany; Ameen Bin Mohanna Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the obstacles to the availability of suitable housing units for various socioeconomic segments of society with an emphasis on single-family homes, which is the most preferred housing type in the Saudi society...