224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Presenting up-to-date empirical research on the subject of young people, housing and social policy in contemporary Britain, this book considers the issue of young people's early housing histories in the context of a range of government policy initiatives aimed at the group. It offers a critique of aspects of social policy that specifically address the housing of young people. Topics covered... Read more
1 Setting the context: young people, housing and social policy 2 Young adults and owner occupation: a changing goal? 3 Young single people and access to social housing 4 The use and ‘abuse’ of private renting and help with rental costs 5 Students and housing: a testing time? 6 ‘I thought it would be easier’: the early housing careers of young people leaving care 7 Youth homelessness 8 Housing and support services for young people 9 Housing and young single parent families 10 No cardboard boxes, so no problem? Young people and housing in rural areas 11 Young adults living in the parental home: the implications of extended youth transitions for housing and social policy.
Biography
Julie Rugg is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York.
