Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper considers how constructions of a ‘housing crisis’ have impacted on judicial consideration of the rights of applicants for social housing and homelessness assistance. Drawing on Bacchi's framework for appreciating problematisations (What's the problem represented to be?) and understandings of housing crisis, we examine how crisis is translated into three elements of the passage of homelessness law: decision letters, witness statements and judgements. This can lead to narrowing of interpretations of the rights of homeless people. Even when that is not the outcome, crisis is accepted as a ‘fact’ and embedded as the context for decision‐making.
Source: Journal of Law and Society
DOI: 10.1111/jols.70046
Authors: DAVE COWAN, ALEX MARSH
Institutions: Cardiff University, University of Bristol
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,170
OpenAlex ID: W7130505348
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