Government responses to street homelessness in South Africa

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dc.date.accessioned 2010-02-09 en
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-22T16:03:56Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-22T16:03:56Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4371
dc.description.abstract This paper reviews government responses intended to assist the street homeless in South Africa. The paper demonstrates that in South Africa the legislation and policy responses to the problem of street homelessness have been to a great extent shaped by the broader circumstances of a larger population living in informal housing, with whom the street homeless share intimate ties through social instability and economic poverty. This context has resulted in an intersectoral legislative and policy framework shaped mainly by two sectors - Social Welfare and Housing - that has prioritised various preventive measures to reduce the structural, social and economic risks and vulnerability of becoming homeless on the street. Given its nature, this framework has been and continues to be highly dependent on effective collaboration and coordination between government departments. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject HOMELESS PEOPLE en
dc.subject GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE en
dc.title Government responses to street homelessness in South Africa en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 27(1) en
dc.BudgetYear 2009/10 en
dc.ResearchGroup Democracy and Governance en
dc.SourceTitle Development Southern Africa en
dc.ArchiveNumber 6236 en
dc.PageNumber 129-141 en
dc.outputnumber 4891 en
dc.bibliographictitle Naidoo, V. (2010) Government responses to street homelessness in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):129-141. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4371 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4371 en
dc.publicationyear 2010 en
dc.contributor.author1 Naidoo, V. en


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