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PDF (Perspectives on Irish Homelessness) Perspectives on Irish Homelessness: past, present and future Edited by Dáithí Downey Cover:Layout 1 30/06/2008 18:05 Page 1 Cover:Layout 1 30/06/2008 18:05 Page 2 © Homeless Agency and respective authors, 2008 The moral right of the Author to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with Copyright law. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise except as permitted by the Irish Copyright, Designs and Patents legislation, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published in 2008 by the Homeless Agency, Parkgate Hall, 6-9 Conyngham Road, Islandbridge, Dublin 8, Ireland. ISBN: 978-0-9559739-0-1 The views expressed by contributors to this publication are personal and do not necessarily represent the views of the organisation they work for, or of the Homeless Agency, its Board of Management or its Consultative Forum. Inside:Layout 1 30/06/2008 16:42 Page 1 Perspectives on Irish Homelessness: Past, Present and Future Edited by Dáithí Downey Inside:Layout 1 30/06/2008 16:42 Page 2 CONTENTS Foreword.....................................................................................................................................................................................1 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................................1 About the Contributors.............................................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................................4 Critical perspectives on Irish homelessness................................................................................................................9 Chapter 1: Homelessness, the 1988 Housing Act, state policy and civil society. Brian Harvey ................................................................................................................................................................................10 Chapter 2: Researching homelessness in Ireland: explanations, themes and approaches Eoin O’Sullivan.............................................................................................................................................................................16 Chapter 3: Homeless policies and services: making room for the person John-Mark McCafferty ..................................................................................................................................................................24 Homelessness and policy matters.................................................................................................................................33 Chapter 4: Paradise lost or found? The changing homeless policy landscape in Ireland Andrew Brownlee.........................................................................................................................................................................34 Chapter 5: Homeless policy and housing options in three European countries: Ireland, Scotland and Norway Isobel Anderson, Evelyn Dyb and Joe Finnerty ...............................................................................................................................44 Evidencing homelessness.................................................................................................................................................57 Chapter 6: Can we agree the number of people who are homeless (and does it really matter)? Nathan O’Connor..........................................................................................................................................................................58 Chapter 7: Pathways into, through and out of homelessness Jane Pillinger................................................................................................................................................................................64 Youth homelessness ...........................................................................................................................................................75 Chapter 8: Young people’s pathways through homelessness: the offender-victmisation nexus Paula Mayock...............................................................................................................................................................................76 Homelessness and housing..............................................................................................................................................89 Chapter 9: A place to call home? Issues in housing provision for homeless persons David Burke .................................................................................................................................................................................90 Chapter 10: Domestic violence and homelessness: a practitioner’s perspective Sharon Cosgrove ........................................................................................................................................................................102 Homelessness and care ...................................................................................................................................................111 Chapter 11: The care and case management of homeless service users in Dublin: developing the practical and structural supports Elaine Butler ..............................................................................................................................................................................112 Homelessness and health...............................................................................................................................................123 Chapter 12: Primary care and access to health services in Ireland: the example of the Safetynet initiative for homeless persons Frank Mills, Brian MeLaugh and Dr Austin O’Carroll .....................................................................................................................124 Chapter 13: Health and homelessness: the Cork model Don Coffey and Joe Finnerty .......................................................................................................................................................132 Inside:Layout 1 30/06/2008 17:14 Page 3 Foreword Homelessness is among the biggest challenges faced by Irish society. As we move towards the end of the first decade in this new millennium we should take stock of where we are and what we need to do to meet this challenge. Homelessness, however unacceptable in principle, is a lived reality that is still manifest in Irish society. Despite the advances made in Ireland over the last 10 years in terms of economic growth and development and the general success and improvements that came with these positive changes, we find that the challenge of homelessness remains. It is, however, a challenge that has not gone unheeded or unmet. In Dublin, the Homeless Agency Partnership continues to develop effective partnership working between local authorities, the Health Service Executive and voluntary and community agencies working with people experiencing homelessness. Over the period, this has led to improvements in the quality and range of services provided for homeless persons and has resulted in a reduction in the number of people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping. The support provided to date by government has also been crucial in bringing about positive change. Nonetheless, while the challenge of homelessness not only remains, it is also becoming more diverse. Likely future trends in the numbers of persons in Ireland at risk of housing exclusion and homelessness due to the now apparent slowdown in sectors of the Irish economy must be taken into account alongside the now well- established needs of our existing homeless population. The local authority 2008 assessment of housing need and our own census of homeless service users called Counted In will soon produce a new benchmark in our knowledge of the extent of the challenge we face. Yet it is a challenge we are better able to meet than before and with a continued allocation of resources and development of policy, I remain confident of our ability to deliver the Homeless Agency’s vision set out in our action plan to 2010, A Key to the Door. Our vision is an end to long-term homelessness and the need to sleep rough in Dublin, reduced risk of homelessness and the provision of appropriate care and housing to ensure a person exits homelessness and realises their full potential and rights. This book is therefore timely and relevant to our vision and I would like to congratulate all involved in bringing it to publication. It is a somewhat unique collection of different ideas, opinions and points of view from a diverse group of individuals each with their own experience and understanding of homelessness today. It deserves to be read closely and I hope it will help inform our thinking and the debate over how we meet the challenge of homelessness in 21st Century Ireland. Kathleen Holohan, Chair of the Board of the Homeless Agency, Director of Housing, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County
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