TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and agency in capabilities-enhancing homeless services
T2 - Housing first, housing quality and consumer choice
AU - the Home_EU Consortium
AU - Greenwood, Ronni Michelle
AU - Manning, Rachel M.
AU - O'Shaughnessy, Branagh R.
AU - Vargas-Moniz, Maria J.
AU - Auquier, Pascal
AU - Lenzi, Michela
AU - Wolf, Judith
AU - Bokszczanin, Anna
AU - Bernad, Roberto
AU - Källmén, Håkan
AU - Spinnewijn, Freek
AU - Ornelas, Jose
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - capabilities
KW - homelessness
KW - housing first
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117413472&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/casp.2577
DO - 10.1002/casp.2577
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117413472
SN - 1052-9284
VL - 32
SP - 315
EP - 331
JO - Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -