Permanent residents in caravan parks, managers and the persistence of the social
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Sociology Review Vol. 15, no. 2 (2006), p. 221-231
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- Description: Until recently, permanent residents in caravan parks were often absent from discussions about homelessness and housing in the Australian context. When permanent residency was recognised and legislated for in the 1980s, efforts were made to ensure scope for standard community infrastructure such as roads, sewerage and community gathering places. Although the number of long term caravan parks in Australia has recently decreased, on the edge of Melbourne some parks are expanding to cater for a growing clientele reflecting a new and partly de-institutionalised society. This society is characterised by mobile, temporary and casualised work and changing, volatile family relationships; each trend creating a need for different forms of housing. In this paper, preliminary interviews with ten caravan park managers from the outskirts of Melbourne reveal their role in the complex relationship between space, community formation and social solidarity; a relationship which directly impacts on the health and well-being of caravan park residents.
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13 days and counting : A mutual support model for young, homeless women in crisis
- Authors: Green, Rosemary , Mason, Robyn , Ollerenshaw, Alison
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Youth Studies Australia Vol. 23, no. 2 (2004), p. 46-50
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- Description: An innovative program in rural Victoria matches young homeless women with older homeless women and provides them with a range of support services.The result is more stability in the accommodation setting, mutual benefit and satisfaction for clients, and impressive rates of permanent housing outcomes.
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Emotional attachment to home and security for permanent residents in caravan parks in Melbourne
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Sociology Vol. 44, no. 3 (2008), p. 219-232
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- Description: The aim of this article is to explore emotional attachment to home of permanent residents in caravan parks. Analysis of a small number of life histories, with specific probes around matters of belonging to home, community and place, reveals deeper insight when viewed through theoretical lenses provided by the work of Giddens on ontological security and the ideas around emotion and home provided by housing researchers such as Clapham. The exploratory study, covering a range of caravan parks, has been undertaken in two phases: the first in 2003-4 interviewing caravan park managers (10) and the second in 2006 interviewing permanent residents (12). Findings support the central significance of safety and security for many residents, and provide some strong instances of embodied attachment to home in the park. Although objectively challenged by tenure arrangements and social processes, ontological security appears subjectively achievable for some residents. © 2008 The Australian Sociological Association.
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Reversing housing and health pathways? Evidence from Victorian caravan parks
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Health Sociology Review Vol. 20, no. 1 (2011), p. 84-96
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- Description: The aim of this article is to highlight a link between housing and health that may have been underestimated: the pathway from poor health towards marginal housing in caravan parks. Almost all research on links between housing and health is derived from large-scale surveys and correlational analyses which suggest a causation path from poor housing to poor health. The big picture of such studies may in fact disguise a reality for a smaller group where poor health leads to class 'slide' and reduced housing options. Qualitative data and life histories from interviews probe such 'reverse' links and also flesh out contextual backgrounds. It is argued in this article that evidence from interviews with 10 caravan park managers and 50 residents from 16 parks in outer Melbourne and rural Victoria supports general arguments that poor health appears to be a pathway leading to marginal housing. Copyright © eContent Management Pty Ltd.