Housing matters
National evidence relating to disabled children and their housing
- Author/Editor(s):
- Bryony Beresford, Christine Oldman
- Format:
- Paperback , 52 pages , 297 x 210 mm
- ISBN
- 9781861344830
- Published:
- 20 Nov 2002
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Berseford & Oldman are the leading researchers in the field of housing and disabled children and this piece of work from them is important and valuable.
Housing Studies
About This Book
Housing has always been centre stage in terms of community care for adults. Yet the housing needs of disabled children and their families have only recently been acknowledged. Housing Matters presents evidence to support and inform change in policy and practice to ensure that the housing needs of disabled children and their families are better met.The report challenges traditional notions of housing need, calling for a reconceptualisation that embraces all impairments, focuses on child-centred needs and extends beyond the 'four walls' of the family home. The findings of the report are discussed and interpreted within the context of current policy and practice.
Author Biography
Bryony Beresford is a Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York. Christine Oldman is a freelance researcher; she formerly worked as a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York.Contents
Contents: Background
The families and their living circumstances
The problems with their homes
Responding to unsuitable housing
Current provision and funding practices
The study's policy implications
Conclusions.
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