Browne Gott, Hannah, Mackie, Peter K. and England, Edith
2021.
Housing rights, homelessness prevention and a paradox of bureaucracy?
Housing Studies
10.1080/02673037.2021.1880000
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Abstract
In most nations homelessness remains a major injustice. A key response in Wales has been the introduction of a pioneering justiciable right to homelessness prevention and relief assistance. This paper explores the complexities of the new welfare bureaucracy this has created. We explore whether these housing rights invoke a paradox, whereby the positive impacts for citizens are accompanied by distancing and exclusion. The study reveals both a faceless bureaucracy characterised by processes of silencing and subordination propped up by tools of exclusion, particularly impenetrable paperwork, but also a system that can work to grant housing rights to those in need of support. There is no evidence for an utterly ‘faceless tyrant’ of a bureaucratic system, due to the often-inclusive ways that frontline staff operate, frequently at the margins of the law (Arendt 1970). Thus, this paper draws attention to the complexities inherent in a rights-based homelessness system and the paradoxical nature of attempting to grant housing rights.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Published Online |
Status: | In Press |
Schools: | Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 0267-3037 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 18 January 2021 |
Date of Acceptance: | 13 January 2021 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2022 15:47 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/137772 |
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