Out in the Cold?

by Bayley, Rosalind

• ISBN13: 9781902932088
• ISBN10: 1902932080
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Rough sleepers represent only a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands of people whose lives are blighted because they have no home of their own. Out in the Cold? explores the two worlds of homelessness n the homeless on the streets and the more hidden homeless living in temporary and insecure accommodation. It traces how the explosion in street homelessness and the legislation providing help for homeless families were created by specific political decisions, and warns that current efforts to clear the streets will fail if the underlying causes of homelessness are not addressed.

The problem of homelessness has increased at times when it has been low on the political agenda and out of the media spotlight. Out in the Cold? shows that solutions to homelessness can be found, provided that people care enough to demand change.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Defining Homelessness	2	(6)
The Causes of Homelessness	8	(7)
The Perils of Sleeping Rough	15	(4)
Fighting Street Homelessness	19	(5)
A Short History of Begging	24	(6)
Statutory Homelessness	30	(8)
Experiencing Homelessness	38	(5)
Refugees	43	(6)
A Brief Look at Housing Policies	49	(7)
Homelessness in the Twenty-first Century	56	(7)
Acknowledgements	63	(1)
Getting Advice about Housing and Homelessness	64	(2)
Further Reading	66