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Making home? Permitted and prohibited place-making in youth homeless accommodation

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  • Jennifer Hoolachan

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Based on the premise that ‘home’ is more than bricks and mortar, a growing body of literature has considered how the concept might be applied to homelessness. Aligned with ‘home’, home-making refers to the construction of living spaces so that their sensory features and the practices that occur there create a pleasant environment that enhances wellbeing. However, the instability and structural constraints within which homeless people live can limit their ability to home-make. Hence, in this article, ‘place-making’ proved a useful alternative concept. This article draws on an ethnographic study in Scotland involving 22 young people and 27 staff who lived and worked respectively in a supported accommodation hostel. It demonstrates how the residents engaged in sensory practices within the tightly regulated confines of the hostel. A distinction is made between ‘permitted’ and ‘prohibited’ practices to argue that home-making is not a morally-neutral concept. Rather there are ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ways for homeless people to personalise their living spaces.

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  • Jennifer Hoolachan, 2022. "Making home? Permitted and prohibited place-making in youth homeless accommodation," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 212-231, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:37:y:2022:i:2:p:212-231
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2020.1836329
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