The Choice Agenda in Disability Housing Provision

Bibliographic Data

ID11484326
AuthorsIlan Wiesel (0000-0002-7244-1775, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Ruth Fincher (0000-0003-3651-7805, The University of Melbourne)
Year2009
Volume24
Issue5
Pages611-627
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHousing Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-3037 • E-ISSN: 1466-1810
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02673030903086790
OpenAlexW2018377300
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited17

The notion of choice is emerging as fundamental to new approaches to the provision of housing for people with intellectual disabilities. In order to achieve a more coherent and informed understanding of choice as a basis for theory, policy and practice in housing for people with intellectual disabilities, what is necessary is a clearer understanding of the complexities and tensions inherent in the idea of choice and their implications. Therefore, this paper considers three main themes which give rise to a more critical conceptualization of choice: a tension between the formalist and the redistributive approach to social justice; a tension between the individuality implied by choice and the community-care ethos of disability housing; and the institutional implications of the choice agenda within and beyond state-administration. The manifestation of these tensions is illustrated using a case study: housing for people with intellectual disabilities in the State of Victoria, Australia

Conceptualization · Economic Justice · Economics · Ethos · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Positive economics · Social model of disability · Sociology · State (computer science · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Psychology