Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness

Bowpitt,, G; Dwyer, PJ; Sundin, E; Weinstein, W

Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness Thumbnail


Authors

G Bowpitt,

PJ Dwyer

E Sundin

W Weinstein



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.

Citation

Bowpitt,, G., Dwyer, P., Sundin, E., & Weinstein, W. (2011). Comparing men's and womens' experiences of multiple exclusion homelessness. Social Policy and Society, 10(4), 537-547. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746411000285

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 1, 2011
Deposit Date Oct 10, 2011
Publicly Available Date Apr 5, 2016
Journal Social Policy and Society
Print ISSN 1474-7464
Publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 4
Pages 537-547
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746411000285
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1017/S1474746411000285

Files






Downloadable Citations