The Pathways to Homelessness in the Post-Soviet Context

Sadzaglishvili, Shorena; Kalandadze, Tinatin

doi:10.1080/01488376.2018.1487361

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“…The importance of better understanding the practices and needs of roofless populations lies in the fact that this type of homelessness forms the overall negative image and unfavorable public perception of all homeless people (Ravenhill, 2016). The roofless receive even more severe social exclusion than other unhoused populations, such as houseless people or people in insecure or inadequate housing (Edgar, 2009;García & Brändle, 2014;Sadzaglishvili & Kalandadze, 2018) as their experiences add up to more than mere poverty, income inequality, or lack of employment. Social exclusion involves an essential absence of resources and denial of social rights, resulting in multiple deprivations, including broken social relationships or loss of identity and purpose.…”

Section: From Social Exclusion To Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Escaping the rough life of the street: Roofless people and mobile social media

Dvořák

2024

Mobile Media & Communication

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Roofless people are among the most vulnerable, marginalized, and silenced societal groups. However, access to social media through mobile devices may provide opportunities for battling their stigmatization, social exclusion, low self-esteem, and self-acceptance. This study aims to explore how people who are experiencing rooflessness use and represent themselves on social media. This qualitative study, using thematic analysis of 16 in-depth interviews, reveals that roofless people may use social media to increase their social capital, advocate for other homeless people, and, most importantly, escape or reconstruct the reality of life on the street through continuous online social interaction and revalidation of oneself.

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Section: From Social Exclusion To Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Escaping the rough life of the street: Roofless people and mobile social media

Dvořák

2024

Mobile Media & Communication

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“…Similarly, citizens of this post-communist country also require and expect more social welfare services from the government, as they still live with 'socialist' views. For instance, research showed that majority of interviewed homeless people (90%) think the government is responsible for their free housing (Sadzaglishvili and Kalandadze, 2015). In addition, the majority of socially and economically disadvantaged people who get targeted social assistance refuse to be employed, as they do not consider themselves stigmatized by getting social assistance.…”

Section: Challenges To Social Welfare Reform and To Professional Socimentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconstructing social welfare institutions and building a professional social work workforce in post-Soviet Georgia: An ecological systems framework

Sadzaglishvili

2017

International Social Work

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This article discusses the development of social welfare institutions in post-Soviet Georgia and the role of social work in this development, based on the ecological system perspective. Transactional processes are described to better understand challenges to social welfare reform and to professional social work. Two major fields, child welfare and criminal justice, are discussed in some detail, as they demonstrate constructive collaboration among various stakeholders. Areas for improvement in these and other fields are also considered, as are the challenges facing social work. A need for more active participation of the social work workforce as agents of change is highlighted.

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“…Researches argue that definitions of homelessness do and should vary to offer different perspectives on homelessness based on criteria such as country, lifestyle, location, permanence of occupation, welfare entitlement, and housing quality ( Tipple and Speak, 2005 ). The common characteristic of the definitions is that homelessness is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing ( Tipple and Speak, 2005 ; Toro, 2010 ; Wallace et al, 2018 ; Clifford et al, 2019 , 2022 ; Sadzaglishvili and Kalandadze, 2019 ). Amore (2013) argues homelessness should be replaced by the concept of severe housing deprivation, which includes two main criteria: (1) that a person is living in severely inadequate housing due to (2) a lack of access to housing that meets a minimum adequacy standard.…”

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Evidence-Based Analysis of Social Impact Bonds for Homelessness: A Scoping Review

Wang

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Social impact bonds (SIBs) have emerged as an innovative financial instrument designed to support the social service sector in delivering innovative social programs. In particular, SIBs can be used to finance prevention of homelessness among those regarded as vulnerable. There is little evidence that outcomes from SIB-funded programs are significantly different compared to more traditional programs. This is the first scoping review of academic and gray literature that explores the main features and outcomes from all SIBs for homelessness based on evidence, addressing an important gap in the literature. The scoping review provides a transparent and comprehensive approach for mapping areas of this research. A total of 73 studies and articles were found eligible for inclusion. These concerned 32 SIBs for homelessness implemented in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Belgium. The review found that academic papers on SIBs for homelessness lack evidence-based analysis, while gray literature lacks transparency, especially in evaluation method and outcome. We found that fourteen projects met their target outcomes. The common features of these SIBs were a navigator intervention model, effective partnership working, and use of Special Purpose Vehicles. Our findings show that it is necessary for the managers of SIBs to improve outcome metrics and evaluation methods, support target groups fairly, and attract more private investors to finance SIBs for better addressing homelessness.

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The Pathways to Homelessness in the Post-Soviet Context

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Escaping the rough life of the street: Roofless people and mobile social media

Escaping the rough life of the street: Roofless people and mobile social media

Reconstructing social welfare institutions and building a professional social work workforce in post-Soviet Georgia: An ecological systems framework

Evidence-Based Analysis of Social Impact Bonds for Homelessness: A Scoping Review

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