Accommodation in Crisis: Forgotten Women in Western Sydney 

Abstract

UTS Shopfront: Working with the Community UTS Shopfront Community Program acts as a gateway for community access to the University of Technology, Sydney. It links the community sector to University skills, resources and expertise to undertake both projects and research to provide flexible community-based learning for students.The UTS Shopfront Monograph Series publishes high impact research which is relevant to communities of interest or practice beyond the University. This community-engaged research, also known as 'the scholarship of engagement', is academically relevant work that simultaneously meets campus mission and goals and community needs. This scholarly agenda integrates community concerns and academic interest in a collaborative process that contributes to the public good.Published by UTSePress UTS Shopfront Monograph Series No 1 This monograph series is refereed.

Pandemic precarity and everyday disparity: gendered housing needs in North America

“…Klodawsky, 2006;Maki, 2017;May et al, 2007;Schwan et al, 2020). Women who lose their housing often adopt strategies which may be less visible to the public (Klodawsky, 2006;Mayock et al, 2015;Robinson & Searby, 2005), and stigma and shame encourage women to conceal their lack of shelter (Mayock et al, 2015), as does their vulnerability to violence. Single women who experience homelessness have been referred to as "self-managed" (Robinson & Searby, 2005, p. 16) because they often manage their situation on their own and avoid presenting at services until they have no other option.…”

Addressing older women's homelessness: service and housing models

“…As women living alone in their 50s and 60s, however, they became susceptible to a crisis that placed their job at risk, namely a health crisis or age discrimination at work (McFerran 2010;Sharam 2008), or faced unaffordable rents in the private market (Petersen & Parsell 2014a). The gender-specific experiences of living in violent relationships and in roles as mothers hamper women over their life course in attaining stable affordable housing (McFerran 2010;Robinson & Searby 2006;Sharam 2008). Patterns in Australian research are substantiated in a tri-nation study across England, the United States (US) and Australia , and in studies in the US (Kisor & Kendal-Wilson 2002;Shinn et al 2007) and Canada (McDonald et al 2007).…”