1st Edition

Supported Housing Past, Present and Future

By Yoric Irving-Clarke Copyright 2019
118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

This book covers the history of supported housing provision in the context of the broader political and theoretical considerations of the time in which the respective policies were being implemented. The book takes an historical perspective using path dependency as an analytical framework. Particular attention is paid to the critical junctures in the path of supported housing provision and how... Read more

Chapter 1 – Introduction





Chapter 2 – Looking at Policy – a toolkit



Introduction



History Matters



Explaining Path Dependency



Policies



Institutions



Limits of Path Dependency



How is policy implemented?



Top Down Implementation



The Bottom Up Approach



The Synthesizers



Policy Networks



Assessing Policy Success



Process Success



Programme Success



Political Success



Limits of the Heuristic



Conclusion



References





Chapter 3 – Philosophy, Ideology and Supported Housing



Introduction



Philosophy and Housing



The Social Contract



A Theory of Justice



Equality of Opportunity and the Difference Principle



Nozick & Liberty



The Post-War Consensus or First Way



Thatcher, New Public Management and the Second Way



New Labour and the 3rd Way



The Social Investment State



Criticisms of the Third Way



Ideology, Philosophy and Supported Housing



Rawls, Nozick and Supported Housing



The Third Way and Supporting People



References





Chapter 4 – Supported Housing – Past & Present



The Poor Law – Old and New to the Industrial Revolution



The Industrial Revolution to World War 2



The Post War Consensus to Thatcher



Thatcherism & New Public Management



The Role of Housing Policy



New Labour & the Supporting People Programme



Accommodation-based Services



Non-Accommodation-based Services



The Coalition and Conservative Policy (2010 to the present)



Sheltered Rent



Sector Concerns



Short Term/Transitional housing



Sector Concerns



Long Term Services



References





Chapter 5 – Supported Housing – The Future



Supported Housing and Policy Success



Where we go from here – A Blueprint…



References

Biography

Yoric Irving-Clarke (PhD) is a researcher for the Chartered Institute of Housing in the UK. He has worked in the provision and management of supported housing for around 20 years.