Making the Prevention of Homelessness a Priority
The Role of Social Innovation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2770086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Gaetz (0000-0002-4109-5611, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 353-381 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajes.12328 |
| OpenAlex | W3016616189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 37 |
Mass homelessness emerged in Canada in the wake of neoliberal policies that reduced government production of housing and other supportive measures. Efforts to reduce homelessness have occurred in three stages: 1) an emergency response in the 1990s that consisted mostly of investment in shelters, soup kitchens, and day programs, 2) the implementation of community plans to end homelessness, combined with the adoption of Housing First as a strategy that seeks to provide reliable shelter as a first step to anyone without it, followed by other remedial services, and 3) the recent development in Canada of early intervention strategies to prevent homelessness from its inception. The second stage was highly successful in dealing with the situation of chronically homeless adults, and many communities have begun to see reductions in homelessness. However effective, this approach does not break the cycle by intercepting potentially homeless individuals in their youth, which is when it begins for many people. Canada is at the beginning stages of the move towards a stronger focus on prevention, aided by a social innovation agenda to identify, design, test, and evaluate preventive interventions to determine which ones will be most strategically effective, setting the stage for implementation and going to scale
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Housing First · Intervention (counseling) · Investment (military) · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Remedial education · Scale (ratio) · Supportive housing · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
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Competing perspectives on rural homelessness
Experiences of belonging following homelessness
A comparison of three rural emergency homeless shelters
A population‐based study of homelessness, antisocial behaviour and violence victimisation among young adults in Victoria, Australia
Rural homelessness
Sick Enough? Mental Illness and Service Eligibility for Homeless Individuals at the Border
A prevention-centered approach to homelessness assistance
Pathways to Housing
Housing First for People with Severe Mental Illness Who are Homeless
Ending homelessness among people with mental illness
The evaluation of social innovation
Community-Wide Strategies for Preventing Homelessness
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
Homelessness Prevention Policy in an International Context
Challenges to Implementing the New Homelessness Prevention Agenda in Wales
Policy Transfer and Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014
Moving on, not out
Developing homelessness prevention practice
The financialization of housing in Canada
Beyond the ‘At Risk’ Individual
Youth Homelessness
Displacement by disruption
Homelessness Prevention and the Welsh Legal Duty
Personal control and service connection as paths to improved mental health and exiting homelessness among severely marginalized homeless youth
Can Housing and Service Interventions Reduce Family Separations for Families Who Experience Homelessness
Longitudinal Impact of a Family Critical Time Intervention on Children in High‐Risk Families Experiencing Homelessness
How Stable Is Stable? Defining and Measuring Housing Stability
Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis
Efficient Targeting of Homelessness Prevention Services for Families
Homelessness and Health in Canada
Homelessness & Health in Canada
Welfare Law, Welfare Fraud, and the Moral Regulation of the 'Never Deserving' Poor
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |