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Home as a base for a Well-Lived Life: Comparing the capabilities of homeless service users in housing first and the staircase of transition in Europe
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Nussbaum’s Central Capabilities refer to the elements of a well-lived
life, and many adults who experience homelessness are deprived of
these capabilities. The study aim was to investigate whether service
users experience different homeless services as affording or constraining
capabilities. We conducted semi-structured interviews
with homeless service users (n = 77) in Housing First (HF) and
staircase services (SS) in eight European countries. We used thematic
analysis to identify three themes: autonomy and dependency,
the relational impact of living arrangements, and
community interaction and stigma. While SS participants were
able to address their bodily integrity and health, their higherorder
capabilities were constrained by their homeless situations.
HF participants described home as a base from which they could
enact a wide range of capabilities indicative of a well-lived life. We
conclude that housing-led service models with appropriate supports
are key to affording service users’ capabilities. Practical and
policy implications are discussed.
Descrição
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Capabilities approach Housing First Homelessness Ontological security Europe
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Housing, Theory and Society Doi:
Editora
Routledge