Routes to home: homelessness and home-making in contrasting societies

Kellett, Peter; Moore, Jeanne

doi:10.1016/s0197-3975(02)00039-5

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“…As has been identified in previous research, 'home as a haven', a nurturing environment underpinned by stable caring family relationships and a sense of belonging does not necessarily reflect the reality of many people's lived experience (Jackson, 1995;Jones, 2000;Kellett & Moore, 2003;Mallett, 2004;Manzo, 2005;Robinson, 2002;Somerville, 1997;Wardhaugh, 1999).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…While the provision of housing can provide a sense of home, research with young homeless people has also found that beyond the desire for shelter and the importance of independence and control they seek social and cultural belonging through having a home (Kellett & Moore, 2003). Similarly, Stephen's (2000) work with young homeless women in hostel accommodation revealed they, too, despite feelings of being at home continued to want a home of their own because society would then perceive them as 'normal' young women with 'normal' needs.…”

Section: Meaning(s) Of Homementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The houses we live in are now often read in terms of their market value and are seen as items of conspicuous consumption, communicating the values and identities of the people who live there (Coen et al, 1996;Corrigan, 1997;Gregson & Lowe, 1995;Kellett & Moore, 2003). The focus seems to have shifted onto the 'image' of home with houses becoming signifiers of the occupants' economic success and status (Easthope, 2004) with direct affects on other people's sense of place and social positioning.…”

Section: What Comes With the Housementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The focus seems to have shifted onto the 'image' of home with houses becoming signifiers of the occupants' economic success and status (Easthope, 2004) with direct affects on other people's sense of place and social positioning. Kellett and Moore (2003) found that people financially unable to join ranks with the home-owning class still subscribe to modern mass consumption.…”

Section: What Comes With the Housementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Trappings of Home: Young Homeless People's Transitions Towards Independent Living

2011

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In this paper we describe the experiences of young homeless people in Western Australia during their transitions to more permanent accommodation and independent living. For these young homeless people, permanent accommodation provided an opportunity for 'feeling at home' and having a sense of control and stability associated with 'home'. Within this space, these young people wanted to be considered 'normal' home occupiers. In this context, we discuss how young homeless people experience and negotiate the social and cultural understandings of home outside socially accepted pathways of leaving the parental home and becoming 'normal' home occupiers themselves. We show how this experience of home, and the potential it offers previously homeless young people, is interrupted by discourses of youth workers, neighbours and and society at large, which serve to (re)position them outside the community of 'normal' home occupiers. The findings have implications for both policy and the delivery of services to young homeless people.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Meaning(s) Of Homementioning

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Section: What Comes With the Housementioning

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Section: What Comes With the Housementioning

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The Trappings of Home: Young Homeless People's Transitions Towards Independent Living

2011

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“…Subsequently, Lewis et al (2011) opined that bedrooms, as well as toilets in a house, provide its owner with a sense of personal space and privacy. A house is symbolised as a space where independence, freedom and security are expected (Kellett et al, 2003;Wiles et al, 2009). Housing is a basic need for humans, and generally, represents a positive meaning despite the fact that to-date the meaning of a house to an individual is ambiguous (Parsell, 2010).…”

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Housing Aspirations of the Elderly in Malaysia: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Areas

Aini

Nooraisyilah

Aziz

2016

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Recent population censuses in many advanced industrial countries have highlighted the growing number of elderly in the rural areas. Additionally, industralisation in the urban areas of developing countries has, to a certain degree caused significant changes of traditional family structure and has resulted in nuclear conjugal families. Likewise, the ageing phenomenon in Malaysia is inevitable due to the exponential increase in the elderly population. Furthermore, rapid urbanisation and outmigration of rural young generation, has had a significant impact on the population of Malaysia. This is reflected by the high proportion of elderly and high dependency in the rural areas. The issues and demographic pattern of the elderly are divergent and varies from the urban to the rural setting. This article looks at the housing implications of the ageing population in Malaysia in general, and in the rural and urban setting specifically. The study examines the housing aspirations of the elderly living in the urban and rural areas in Malaysia. Future housing plans and the kind of living arrangement the Malaysian elderly seek are explored based on the urban-rural locational aspect. In the effort to provide better quality housing for urban and rural elderly, a face-to-face survey interview was conducted on Malaysian aged 50 years and older living in the Kuala Lumpur (urban) and Kelantan (rural) areas. The findings indicate that most elderly in the urban and the rural areas prefer to age-in-place and stay in a familiar environment. The rural elderly has a stronger preference to ageing in place. A majority of the elderly also indicated a preference to live close to their children, which suggests strong family values amongst Malaysians. The study further revealed that the elderly are more likely to either renovate or improve, especially, the bedroom and bathroom areas to avoid accidents. The elderly in the rural area preferred landed housing in the form of either a single or double storey bungalow, whilst, the elderly in the urban area are more open and willing to move to other housing options, for example, strata housing, and other forms of landed housing, for example, terrace house and bungalow. It is recommended that a policy be introduced to promote ageing-in-place and takes into account the aspirations, preferences, behaviour and opinions of the elderly in Malaysia.

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Young People Narrating the Meaning of Homelessness and Home

Mayock

Parker

2020

Narrating Childhood With Children and Young People

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Routes to home: homelessness and home-making in contrasting societies

Cited by 66 publications

References 22 publications

The Trappings of Home: Young Homeless People's Transitions Towards Independent Living

The Trappings of Home: Young Homeless People's Transitions Towards Independent Living

Housing Aspirations of the Elderly in Malaysia: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Areas

Young People Narrating the Meaning of Homelessness and Home

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