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Rethinking Women’s Homelessness: Understanding Complex Lives
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Rethinking Women’s Homelessness: Understanding Complex Lives

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760). This special issue belongs to the section "Gender Studies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 2453

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Kate Moss

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Guest Editor
Applied Criminology, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Interests: crime reduction and homelessness, especially that relating to women
Dr. Emily Gray

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Guest Editor
Department of Sociology, Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Interests: politics and crime; youth, crime and justice; fear of crime; emotional responses to crime

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Homelessness should not exist in modern society, but the pathways into homelessness for women continue to be many and varied. Structural factors such as poverty, inequality, a lack of affordable housing, unemployment, welfare, and income policies combine with individual factors such as a lack of education and social exclusion to produce a complex web of conditions in which homelessness for women plays out. Thus, it continues to be the case that a more nuanced understanding of the factors that contribute specifically to women’s homelessness is both critical and timely.

This Special Issue will consider the increasing complexity of women’s homelessness in the UK and internationally. We invite contributions on the overlap between homelessness and poverty, mental ill-health, substance misuse, and street activities (such as sex work or shoplifting) as well as the role of public institutions such as the criminal justice and welfare systems and critical analyses of social and economic policies that pertain to women’s housing needs. This Special Issue will seek to demonstrate how services might better respond to the complex lives women lead given the challenging housing contexts in which they live.

Prof. Dr. Kate Moss
Dr. Emily Gray
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • housing
  • homelessness
  • social policy
  • gender
  • women
  • inequality

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The Power, Capacity, and Resiliency of Women in Substance Use Disorder Recovery to Overcome Multiple and Complex Housing Transitions
by David Patton
Soc. Sci. 2024, 13(4), 206; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13040206 - 10 Apr 2024
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Gendered understandings of housing transitions amongst women and especially amongst those in substance use disorder recovery are under-researched. To address this gap, this study explores the multifaceted challenges and pathways to housing stability amongst women in substance use disorder recovery in the UK. [...] Read more.
Gendered understandings of housing transitions amongst women and especially amongst those in substance use disorder recovery are under-researched. To address this gap, this study explores the multifaceted challenges and pathways to housing stability amongst women in substance use disorder recovery in the UK. Through qualitative analysis of life course interviews with 15 women in recovery, it becomes evident that housing insecurity, instability, and frequent transitions are common experiences. The women in the sample faced housing instability, ranging from temporary supported accommodations to homelessness. Notably, escaping negative relationships with male partners emerged as a primary cause of homelessness among these women. What this article highlights, which has not been found elsewhere to date, is that housing transitions are essentially a social process for women in recovery. This study highlights the social dimension of housing transitions. The potency of social capital and social networks in determining housing stability and security amongst women is emphasised as they exchange negative forms of social capital for positive forms of social capital. Recommendations stemming from this study include the need for drug recovery and housing policies to integrate gender-specific strategies to adequately support women in recovery. Further, they need to adopt a broader perspective, emphasizing the importance of fostering positive social connections and networks when considering housing options for individuals in recovery. For women who have spent a long time in supported residential and therapeutic environments, there is a need to develop a scaffolded support system to help women transition to independent living. The utilisation of recovery capital (and CHIME) as frameworks may provide a basis upon which to map out holistic and sustainable pathways to housing stability and security for women in recovery due to their acknowledgement of interconnected and related life domains that produce change and transformation. Full article
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‘People Don’t Live There, on the Streets—They Are Surviving’: Gender Specifics of Homelessness Coping Strategies in St. Petersburg, Russia
by Evgeniia Nikolaevna Kuziner
Soc. Sci. 2023, 12(9), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12090476 - 28 Aug 2023
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Homelessness is a significant and increasing problem in modern Russia, which is admitted mostly by NGOs. In addition, in academic, media and state discourses, homelessness is traditionally viewed as a male phenomenon, and there is a lack of research focused on the gender [...] Read more.
Homelessness is a significant and increasing problem in modern Russia, which is admitted mostly by NGOs. In addition, in academic, media and state discourses, homelessness is traditionally viewed as a male phenomenon, and there is a lack of research focused on the gender aspects of homelessness in Russia. Therefore, the underrepresentation of homeless women’s experiences and their comparison to homeless men’s experiences, in academic and policy research in Russia, influence the diversity and quality of services provided to homeless people. Based on an analysis of 60 in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with homeless men and women in Saint Petersburg, this article compares men’s and women’s coping strategies in the situation of homelessness. Research shows that the homeless experience is gender-specific. When lacking resources, women use a special gendered form of capital—‘feminine’ capital—while men utilise more masculine coping strategies. The patriarchal traditions and values of Russian society also play a significant role in the paths of people experiencing homelessness. Full article
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