Hearne, Rory and Murphy, Mary P.
(2018)
An absence of rights: Homeless families and social housing marketisation in Ireland.
Administration, 66 (2).
pp. 9-31.
ISSN 2449-9471
Abstract
This paper discusses the outcomes of a participatory research process with
homeless parents living in Dublin-based emergency accommodation, during
which a critical appraisal of a range of government schemes was coconstructed. The focus is on examining the impacts on vulnerable families of
the marketisation of social housing. This is examined through the homeless
families’ attempts to procure private rented housing using the Housing
Assistance Payment (HAP) and their experience of life in family hub
emergency accommodation. The significant challenges experienced by
homeless families are examined from the perspectives of human rights and
capability theory. The paper concludes that the Rent Supplement, Rental
Accommodation Scheme and HAP are costly market-oriented schemes and
unlikely to provide satisfactory long-term housing solutions, while family hubs
are far from ideal from a capability or human rights perspective. Only a
significant increase in the direct provision of social housing by local authorities
and housing associations can provide ontological security and well-being, and
advance human-rights-based social housing.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Additional Information: |
Open Access Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
| Keywords: |
Homelessness; social housing; marketisation; participation; human rights; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
12798 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2018-0016 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Mary Murphy
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Apr 2020 15:05 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Administration |
| Publisher: |
De Gruyter Open |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Funders: |
Maynooth University SPUR Programme |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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