Homelessness prevention policy in an international context : The Housing Act (Wales) 2014

Ahmed, A; Madoc-Jones, I

Abstract

A review article preceding a series of articles in this special issue considering specific aspects of the impacts and implementation processes of the Welsh legislation – we contextualise the introduction of the prevention agenda in Wales by defining homelessness and highlighting the shift towards prevention policy in an international context. We consider the nature of prevention, and examine related theoretical debates, critiques and the cost/benefits of prevention. We conclude by offering some reflections on the progress of homelessness prevention since the Act’s implementation drawing on data from the longitudinal post-implementation evaluation of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 5, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Nov 7, 2019
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Oct 16, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 18, 2019
• Journal: Social Policy and Society
• Print ISSN: 1474-7464
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-3073
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S147474641900037X
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S147474641900037X
• Related Public URLs: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-policy-and-society