More than flats and job training: Supporting homeless and vulnerable people to achieve social and emotional aspirations

Abstract

Support for homeless people is best provided within a social ethic that stresses similarity and connection. A good life, for those currently without homes as for everyone else, is built on a positive identity, family and friends, relationships, and home and work. The article describes an online network and a new report that offer help in providing support of this kind to enable people to regain control of their lives.

Citation

Lemos, G. and Bacon, F. (2006), "More than flats and job training: Supporting homeless and vulnerable people to achieve social and emotional aspirations", Housing, Care and Support, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/14608790200600008