Residential preferences in homeless response services
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homelessness participation homeless people, homelessness, participation, homeless people, preferencesAbstract
In the last decades, there have been significant changes in the understanding of homelessness. The "new orthodoxy" in the late 20th century led to a reformulation of the concept of homelessness with changes in approaches for addressing the problem, emphasizing unconditional intervention in regular housing. Thirty years later, the limits of the new orthodoxy seem to be marked by a lack of recognition of the individual agency and the potential identification of internally homogeneous subgroups within homelessness. Focusing on the individual agency, this study presents the results of 120 surveys and 5 semi-structured interviews conducted with individuals experiencing homelessness regarding their residential preferences in homeless response services. The study aims to understand the preferences and expectations in residential modalities (shelters, individual housing, and shared housing) used by support services for homeless people, as well as the identification of population characteristics that may influence preferences for one type of resource over another. It is concluded that, although individual housing is the most valued resource, certain personal characteristics and circumstances seem to constrain the choice of shelters and shared housing in some cases. This opens the possibility for specialized responses to homelessness tailored to internally homogeneous groups.
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