They’re Still Blaming It on the Person Being Lazy
Stigma in the Lives of Precariously Housed and Unhoused People
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6052053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brenna Jones (Illinois State University, corresponding author), Brian Pitman (0000-0001-7614-3890, Lander University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-511 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1205-8629 • E-ISSN: 1572-9877 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10612-025-09847-y |
| OpenAlex | W4413435414 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Housing is increasingly a market exploited by corporations and what Samuel Stein calls the Real Estate State. Consequently, the state continues to target those impacted by these policy choices with removal and further stigmatization to clear the way for profit-making, which is tied to the housing market. The process of removal is accomplished through various forms of stigmatization and dehumanization, first at the public and institutional level. These stigmas then trickle down to intra-community and self-stigmatization. In all, these stigmas serve to justify and maintain the evolving status quo of homelessness and precarious housing, deflecting the blame of this “crisis” away from policymakers and the Real Estate State. Using 18 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with unhoused and precariously housed people, this paper explores the ways in which stigmatization appeared as a barrier to gaining long-term, sustainable housing in the Greater Bangor area of Maine
Criminology · Psychiatry · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology
Inequality, Poverty, and Neoliberal Governance
The Value of Homelessness
Dehumanization
Dehumanization and Infrahumanization
Decarcerating Disability
Mean Streets
The intersection of welfare stigma, state contexts and health among mothers receiving public assistance benefits
Community Engagement in Research
The Rise of Block-Granting as a Tool of Conservative Statecraft
Ending Access as We Know It
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Brief History of Neoliberalism
Some Lessons from Reagan's HUD
The Housing Crisis and the Rise of the Real Estate State
The Social Safety Net After Welfare Reform
Social Stigma and Homelessness
Everybody Needs Their Story to Be Heard
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |