The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy

Introduction: Learning Lessons Across Borders

Chris Bevan

1. 25 Years of Devolution and a (dis)United Kingdom Homelessness Policy

Chris Bevan, Regina Serpa and Paddy Gray

2. Homelessness in Ireland: Law, Policy, and Practices

Mark Jordan and Padraic Kenna

3. Categorization, Selection, Displacement, and Invisibilization: Housing and Accommodation for the Homeless in France

Pascale Dietrich-Ragon and Marie Loison

4. (Still) Much Untapped Potential in Homelessness Services: Challenges and Good Practice in Germany from a Social Work Perspective

Susanne Gerull

5. Homelessness in Italy: Old Private Stories and New Public Opportunities

Teresa Consoli and Antonella Meo

6. Homelessness and Hidden Homelessness in Spain: Tackling a Somewhat Unknown Yet Increasing Phenomenon

Núria Lambea Llop

7. Homelessness Law and Policy in Greece: Challenges and Opportunities

Nikos Kourachanis and Mando Zisopoulou

8. Norway: A Housing-led Homeless Policy within a Weak Legal Framework

Evelyn Dyb and Hilde Hatleskog Zeiner

9. Ending Homelessness or Managing the Homeless? Homelessness, Housing Policy and Practice in Sweden

Marcus Knutagård and Matti Wirehag

10. Governing Homelessness in the Netherlands: Incremental Change towards Providing Housing First

Nienke F. Boesveldt

11. The Illiberal State and Homelessness: the Case of Poland

Adam Ploszka

12. Homelessness in Switzerland: Federalist Pathways Between Ignoring, Passing on Responsibility for and Proactive Prevention of Homelessness

Matthias Drilling, Magdalena Küng and Jörg Dittmann

13. Homelessness in Canada: A Wicked Problem that Requires Genuine Political Commitment to Fix

John R. Graham, Yale D. Belanger and Christine A. Walsh

14. The Policy of State as a Social Determinant of Health: Canada's Indigenous Homelessness Policy

Yale D. Belanger

15. Homelessness in the United States of America: Dreams of A Shining City, Realities of Homelessness

Maria Foscarinis and Eric S. Tars

16. Innovative Policy Responses to Housing Need in the United States: Case Studies on Safe Parking, Tiny Homes, and Direct Cash Transfers

Daniel Brisson, Katherine Hoops Calhoun and Jennifer Wilson

17. ‘Nothing about us, without us’: How Homeless People Protagonism has Shaped the Law and Public Policy on Homelessness in Brazil

Kelseny Medeiros Pinho, Luiz Tokuzi Kohara, Erminia Maricato

18. Public Policies for the Homeless in Chile: A Shifting Picture

Ignacio Eissmann and Felipe Estay

19. Homelessness in Nigeria: Issues and the Way Forward

Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan and Rex Asibuodu Ugulu

20. Preventing and Ending Homelessness in South Africa: Fusing Research, Policy and Practices – Lessons from the City of Tshwane

Stéphan de Beer

21. The Housing Crisis and Homelessness in Zimbabwe: examining the exclusionary nature of urban legislation and planning practice in Harare

George Masimba Nyama

22. Homelessness and Residential Policy in Japan

Yoshihiro Okamoto

23. ‘Positive Non-policy:’ Homeless Services and Transitional Rehousing Initiatives in Hong Kong and Malaysia

Geerhardt Kornatowski, Constance Ching

24. Homelessness in India: A State Legislative and Civil Society Perspective

Kalpana Goel, Mohd Tarique, Meenu Anand, Elvis Munyoka

25. Centrality of the Home and Homelessness in Singapore

Poh Leng Teo

26. From Vagrancy to Public Nuisance in 200 years: Is it Still a Crime to be Homeless in Australia?

Tamara Walsh

27. Homelessness Prevention in Australian Residential Tenancies and Social Housing law: the Case for Reform

Chris Martin and Hal Pawson

28. A Snapshot of a Fragmented Landscape: Homelessness Law and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand

Brodie Fraser, Clare Aspinall, Elinor Chisholm, Jenny Ombler, Sarah Bierre, Lucy Telfar-Barnard, Ellie Johnson and Philippa Howden-Chapman

Biography

Chris Bevan, Professor in Property, Housing and Homelessness, Durham University, UK

'This is a significant reference book exploring the regulations and policies on the unresolved phenomenon of homelessness in the world by the best international experts. I would highly recommend this book.'

Professor Sergio Nasarre-Aznar, Professor and Founder of the UNESCO Housing Chair at the University Rovira i Virgili, Spain