Housing First: Considering components for successful resettlement of homeless people with multiple needs

Housing Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-777

  Nicholls, Carol Mcnaughton ^a   Atherton, Iain ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homelessness policy; Mainstream housing; Private rented housing; Resettlement; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; RENTAL SECTOR; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960310805     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2011.581907     Document Type: Review

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