Making it work ：The keys to success for young people living independently

Publication subTitle ：The keys to success for young people living independently

Author： Harding   Jamie (Author)  

Publisher： Policy Press‎

Publication year： 2004

E-ISBN: 9781847425942

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781861345325

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： Age groups: children

Language： ENG

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Making it work

Description

Recent government legislation requires local authorities to provide secure accommodation for unintentionally homeless 16- and 17-year-olds. Many local authority housing departments are therefore facing the challenge of how to adequately support this group of young people for the first time. Making it work outlines the debates and developments leading up to the recent policy changes; reports on the first research into the factors affecting the success of young people's tenancies; examines the varied experiences of young people housed by local authorities; provides a framework for objectively evaluating the success of such tenancies and highlights good practice for supporting young people in independent housing. Making it work is essential reading for professionals in local authority housing departments and nominated RSLs, as well as for students on professional housing courses and academics interested in housing policies, responses to homelessness and issues for young people.

Chapter

MAKING IT WORK

Contents

List of tables and figures

Acknowledgements

1. Young people in independent tenancies: an issue that must be faced

Failings on the part of the individual

Structural failings

Failings in informal support

Themes for analysis

2. Central government policy: from ‘perverse incentives’ to social exclusion

The Conservative legacy: removing ‘perverse incentives’

New Labour

Evaluating policy

3. Young people’s experience of independent tenancies

Newcastle: the context

The research methodology and its rationale

The sample, their rehousing and tenancy outcomes

Structural factors and independent living

The role of individual factors

Differences between different groups of young people

The role of informal support

Relative importance of factors affecting tenancy outcomes

Summary

4. The local authority dilemma and the impact of services

Local authority responses to homelessness

Responding to homelessness in Newcastle

Services available to young people at the time of the research

Information sources about agency services

Findings

Summary

5. Policy implications for central and local government

Social exclusion

The need for strategies and an evidence base

Implications of findings for specific services

Acknowledging diversity and reaching the most disadvantaged young people

Reaching all young people with services

Summary

6. Young people in independent tenancies: what is the problem?

Failings on the part of the individual

Structural failings

Failings in informal support

Gender differences

Summary

References

Index

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