Greenwood, RM, Manning, RM, O'Shaughnessy, Branagh 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-7273, Vargas-Moniz, MJ, Auquier, P, Lenzi, M, Bokszczanin, A, Bernad, R, Kallmen, H, Spinnewijn, F, Ornelas, J and Home EU Consortium
(2021)
Structure and agency in capabilities-enhancing homeless services: Housing first, housing quality and consumer choice.
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology.
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Abstract
The capabilities approach, a framework for understanding and measuring inequality, stipulates that equality is best understood as the freedom to do and be within a particular context. Homelessness has been referred to as a situation of ‘capabilities deprivation’, and the extent to which homeless services restore or enhance capabilities is of increasing interest. As part of a large, eight-country study of homelessness in Europe, we examined the extent to which adults with histories of homelessness perceived the services they receive as capabilities-enhancing. We collected data at two time points: baseline (nt1 = 565) and follow-up (nt2 = 399). Measures included perceived capabilities, choice and housing quality. Participants engaged with Housing First (HF) programmes perceived services as more capabilities-enhancing than participants engaged with treatment as usual (TAU); this relationship was mediated by consumer choice and perceived housing quality. Implications for social policy, practice and training are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| DOI: | 10.1002/casp.2577 |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF636 Applied psychology |
| School/Department: | School of Education, Language and Psychology |
| URI: | https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/12774 |
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