Homelessness: The (In)Appropriate Applicant

by David Cowan

Book Overview

First published in 1997, this volume presents the results of in-depth research into the application of the UK homelessness legislation in relation to community care, the Children Act 1989, violence to women, and racial harassment. This is supplemented with a consideration of policies and practices in 15 local authority homelessness departments. It is argued that government created the nation of a successful, or "appropriate" applicant, but this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367024802
• ISBN13: 9780367024802
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"