Housing, Care and Support: Volume 14 Issue 4

Social housing, community empowerment and well‐being: part one – empowerment practice in social housing

Jonathan Rosenberg

This paper gives an account of the development and pioneering management practices of a community‐owned and managed agency, Walterton and Elgin Community Homes (WECH), locating…

The value of research to the housing profession

Rick Brunwin

The intention of this article is to alert practitioners of the need to engage with research and to appreciate the range and specific roles of organisations undertaking research…

A commentary on: Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Housing Support Services for People with Mental Health Problems: A Review by Nicholas Pleace and Alison Wallace, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York

Robin Johnson

This paper is an extended review and expert commentary on a recently published study by the Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) which discusses the complexities of research in…

Staff and ex‐service user co‐working: a counselling service's enhanced response to multiple exclusion homelessness

John Conolly, Paul Ashton

This paper aims to describe a novel collaboration between a worker and a former service user in developing two support groups – an art group and an “alcoholics anonymous group”…

Paul's journey

Paul Ashton

The authors of the previous paper “Staff and ex‐service user co‐working: a counselling service's enhanced response to multiple exclusion homelessness” feel that Paul's…

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