TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Rooflessness in London
JO  - Policy studies journal
A1  - Dowding, Keith
A1  - King, Desmond
SP  - 365
EP  - 381
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
N2  - Rooflessness in London emerged as a media issue and political problem during the 1980s. While “rough sleeping” undoubtedly increased, numbers are hard to quantify because studies are unreliable, use different categories, and people seamlessly drift from one category to another. This article analyzes the causes of rooflessness in London, focusing on central government policy change at a time when London, atypically among major cities, had no overarching metropolitan government. The creation of multiple quasi-governmental agencies and charities whose responsibilities for homelessness overlap does not help coordination. Many short-term initiatives have been attempted, but solving rooflessness may require more radical changes if endemic homelessness is not to be the condition of the post-welfare state.<p /> 
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SN  - 0190-292X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2000.tb02036.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -