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Earning Housing: Removing Barriers to Housing to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Chronically Homeless Sex Workers

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  • Claire Macon

    (The People, Place, and Health Collective, Brown School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02907, USA
    Ocean State Advocacy, Providence, RI 02908, USA)

  • Eden Tai

    (Ocean State Advocacy, Providence, RI 02908, USA)

Abstract

For many sex workers, accessing and maintaining housing is one of the central reasons for engaging in sex work. Simultaneously, one of the most stringent barriers to accessible and affordable housing is the stigma and discrimination against sex work as a livelihood. This paper explores the relationship between barriers to accessing housing for sex workers and the systems that hold the barriers in place. This paper is based on qualitative research conducted by Ocean State Advocacy’s research team. Using quantitative analysis of 100 surveys and qualitative analysis of 35 interviews conducted with sex workers living in Rhode Island, this paper discusses the ways housing improves the physical health, mental health, and overall wellbeing of sex workers. By including sex workers and centering their human rights in movements around housing equity and access, sex workers’ needs are prioritized while increasing understanding of stigma and systemic disenfranchisement within the field of housing justice.

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  • Claire Macon & Eden Tai, 2022. "Earning Housing: Removing Barriers to Housing to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Chronically Homeless Sex Workers," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:11:y:2022:i:9:p:399-:d:905417
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