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Housing associations - rehousing women leaving domestic violence : new challenges and good practice / Cathy Davis.
Van Pelt Library HV6626.23.G7 D38 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Cathy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abused women--Housing--Great Britain.
- Abused women.
- Housing policy--Great Britain.
- Housing policy.
- Abused women--Housing.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 176 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 Working together: local authority and housing association responses to domestic violence 1
- The local authority role 3
- The housing association role 7
- The views of women who were rehoused 9
- 2 Finding a new home from the council or a housing association 13
- Familism and housing management in local authorities 14
- Assessing housing applications and allocating homes 15
- Rehousing homeless women who have left domestic violence 18
- The 1948 National Assistance Act, Part 3, Para 21 (I) (B) 18
- The 1977 Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 22
- The 1985 Housing Act (Part III) 25
- Housing association responses to homelessness and domestic violence 32
- Changing local authorities' statutory obligations 36
- The 1996 Housing Act 36
- 3 The local authority, homelessness and the 'enabling' role 39
- Homeless decision making 40
- The domestic violence policy 41
- The organisation of the homeless service 43
- Deciding women's homeless priority 47
- The 'enabling' authority and housing associations 53
- 4 The housing associations - growing into a new role 59
- The case study associations 60
- The changing housing management service 63
- The relationship with councillors 68
- Domestic violence policies and 'good practice' 70
- The relationship with the local authority 75
- 5 Applying for association housing 79
- Reception services: enquiries and applications 80
- Reception services: discussion of issues 83
- Applying for housing 90
- The first stage of assessing the housing application 92
- 6 Assessing applications and allocating property 99
- The assessment process 100
- Organising allocations 111
- The process of allocating property 113
- Considerations in allocating property 118
- Viewing the property and making a decision 120
- 7 Women's experiences of finding a new home 123
- The women who participated 124
- The need for temporary arrangements 125
- Housing interviews 131
- Housing offers 135
- A new home and new area 138
- Appendix New challenges and good practice 167.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1861344899
- OCLC:
- 52195295
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