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TL;DR: In a case study from Norway as mentioned in this paper, the transitional allowance was introduced to encourage mothers to combine being mothers with employment, and the policy lever of benefit change was supposed to change how lone mothers behave as rational economic actors.
Abstract: How lone mothers combine being mothers with employment has become a central policy issue in many western countries. But policy making is dominated by the operational assumption that lone mothers are ‘rational actors’ who make individual utility calculations about the costs and benefits of taking up paid work. This is what we have called the ‘rationality mistake’, for evidence shows that decisions are still made rationally, but with a different sort of rationality. In this article we use a case-study from Norway to explore this issue further. Norway is unusual in having a ‘designer benefit’ – the transitional allowance – exclusively for lone mothers. Before 1998, the transitional allowance positioned lone mothers as mothers at home, whereas after 1998 policy places lone mothers – after the first three years of motherhood – as workers in employment. The policy lever of benefit change was supposed to change how lone mothers – as rational economic actors – behave. Using an intensive research design, we find t...
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of UK government cuts across the housing, care and support sector on vulnerable people are considered, and the human and financial costs of savings are fully considered, as these could outweigh the short-term financial savings.
Abstract: This article considers the effects of UK government cuts across the housing, care and support sector on vulnerable people. The article urges that the human and financial costs of savings are fully considered, as these could outweigh the short‐term financial savings. The article also sets out what the National Housing Federation is doing to urge the government to consider the impact of the cuts on vulnerable people in particular.
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of supported housing in South West England is presented, with the primary aim of linking supported housing and the Supporting People programme with other regional strategies and initiatives such as housing, health, crime reduction and community safety.
Abstract: A partnership of agencies in South West England commissioned a review of supported housing, with the primary aim of linking supported housing (and the Supporting People programme) with other regional strategies and initiatives such as housing, health, crime reduction and community safety. The review produced a new conceptual framework for the planning and management of housing and support services, with a strong emphasis on aims and outcomes. It also brought together data on current services across the region and identified key trends and issues to be addressed. Many of the recommendations and proposals have been incorporated into the draft Regional Housing Strategy, due to be finalised in May 2005.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that the health sector has much to benefit from joined‐up working with the housing and support sector, and local partners can support each other in the delivery of services.
Abstract: This article highlights the links between housing and health and suggests that the health sector has much to benefit from joined‐up working with the housing and support sector. There are advantages to both sectors of working in this way, particularly in the area of commissioning services. By working creatively together at key points along the care pathway, local partners can support each other in the delivery of services. Many housing associations are uniquely placed to deliver services that offer key solutions to person‐centred working and can help to build healthier communities.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the implications of a judicial review last July of four cases concerned with the eligibility of service charges for Housing Benefit funding are discussed, and the NHF recommends that funding for tenancy support should remain part of the housing system rather than be moved to social services.
Abstract: His paper looks at the implications of a judicial review last July of four cases concerned with the eligibility of service charges for Housing Benefit funding. It explains why the NHF recommends that funding for tenancy support should remain part of the housing system rather than be moved to social services.
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Mark Bannan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kathleen Boyle | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Emily Bird | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Monika Strell | 1 | 1 | 35 |