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Housing options for women leaving domestic violence: the limitations of rental subsidy models
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Blunden, H and Flanagan, K, Housing options for women leaving domestic violence: the limitations of rental subsidy models, Housing Studies ISSN 0267-3037 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/02673037.2020.1867711
Abstract
Domestic and family violence is the leading cause of female
homelessness, yet social housing provision has declined in
Anglophone countries like Australia and housing policy responses
favour demand-side subsidies to assist with rental payments. We
examine the consequences of ‘choice-based’ approaches in competitive
housing markets, applying a theoretical discussion of how
the neoliberal subject is supposed to respond to external shocks
in an adaptive and resilient manner, and problematise assumptions
that subsidies provide ‘choice’. The paper is based on findings
from an [text removed]. Analysis suggests that private
market rental subsidies work well in some areas and not so well
in others, depending on local housing market conditions. In some
cases, women have returned to violent situations because they
perceive no alternative. These findings suggest that the positing
of ‘choice’ for women is rhetorical rather than real because it is
conditioned by the ability to compete in high-cost private rental
markets.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | affordable housing, domestic and family violence, private rental market |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Policy and administration |
Research Field: | Housing policy |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Community services |
Objective Field: | Homelessness and housing services |
UTAS Author: | Flanagan, K (Dr Kathleen Flanagan) |
ID Code: | 142503 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2021-01-20 |
Last Modified: | 2021-01-22 |
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