Homelessness and the Paradox of Welfare Austerity: Echoes from History in the Era of COVID-19

IF 2.3 Q1 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Progressive Human Services Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI:10.1080/10428232.2021.2006538

Ryan F. Savino

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The scale of homelessness in the United States is a product of systematic political and economic restructuring. Austerity politics thrive in an environment that obscures these historical realities. Examining the devolution of homeless services not only illuminates the myriad paradoxes embedded in fiscal conservativism–it also provides a blueprint for reform. COVID-19 has only accentuated inequality and stirred social unrest. Nevertheless, these forces have failed to overturn entrenched power structures. As a necessity for sustaining life, a means of accumulating wealth, and inroads to social capital, housing is key to creating a more equitable post-COVID world.

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Journal of Progressive Human Services SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： The only journal of its kind in the United States, the Journal of Progressive Human Services covers political, social, personal, and professional problems in human services from a progressive perspective. The journal stimulates debate about major social issues and contributes to the development of the analytical tools needed for building a caring society based on equality and justice. The journal"s contributors examine oppressed and vulnerable groups, struggles by workers and clients on the job and in the community, dilemmas of practice in conservative contexts, and strategies for ending racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, and discrimination of persons who are disabled and psychologically distressed.