Comparing men’s and women’s experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness

Peter James Dwyer; Graham Bowpitt; Eva Sundin; Mark Weinstein

doi:10.1017/S1474746411000285

Comparing men’s and women’s experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness

Peter James Dwyer, Graham Bowpitt, Eva Sundin, Mark Weinstein

Social Policy and Social Work

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Abstract

This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of women heading homeless households with dependent children. Drawing on qualitative data generated in a study of multiple exclusion homelessness in London and Nottingham, the article considers three ways in which gender may act as a homelessness variable: in people's susceptibility to homelessness, in their experiences of homelessness and in their encounters with accommodation services. By comparing the accounts of homeless men and women with complex support needs with evidence from staff working for support agencies, the overall aim of the article is to offer a critical examination of the gendered assumptions of homelessness policy and practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	537-546
Number of pages	10
Journal	Social Policy and Society
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746411000285
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011

Keywords

HOMELESSNESS
EXCLUSION

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