ABSTRACT

This article presents the case of one local housing organisation in the City of Tshwane and its mother organisation, responding to different faces of homelessness through creating diversified housing options. It asserts that the absence of such housing options would render people homeless, or extremely precarious. It insists that homelessness is also a housing issue, challenging a dominant discourse among city officials and politicians relegating homelessness to departments dealing with social services, thereby making it an individual welfare issue, failing to acknowledge the systemic causes of homelessness. It outlines specific challenges for policy, strategy and funding, that—if addressed—could break cycles of homelessness for large percentages of the homeless population.

摘要

本文介绍了茨瓦尼市的一个当地住房组织及其母组织的案例，通过创造多样化的住房选择来应对不同的无家可归者。它断言，缺乏这种住房选择将使人们无家可归，或极度不稳定。它坚持认为无家可归也是一个住房问题，挑战了城市官员和政界人士将无家可归归于处理社会服务的部门的主流话语，从而使其成为个人福利问题，没有承认无家可归的系统性原因。它概述了政策、战略和资金方面的具体挑战，如果得到解决，可能会打破大部分无家可归人口的无家可归循环。