Complex Needs and Housing First

Nicholas Pleace

Complex Needs and Housing First

Centre for Housing Policy

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Abstract

This chapter explores the often controversial and often distorted picture of the interrelationship between homelessness and complex needs, focusing on the ways in which ideological imagery and quasi-fictional narratives have influenced strategic and service responses to homelessness. This chapter also explores the ways in which these images and narratives have gradually been replaced by more robust, data- driven understanding of homelessness, which has led to an innovative and effective practice in the form of integrated, housing-led service models and strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness
Editors	Joanne Bretherton, Nicholas Pleace
Place of Publication	London
Chapter	21
Pages	234-243
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351113113
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2023

Publication series

Name	Routledge Handbooks

Keywords

Homelessness
complex needs
Housing First

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