An intersectional analysis of the feminization of homelessness and mothers’ housing precarity

• Published in: Journal of social issues Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 835 - 858
• Main Authors: Bullock, Heather E., Reppond, Harmony A., Truong, Shirley V., Singh, Melina R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Academic disciplines; Affordable housing; Caregiving; Discrimination; Employment; Ethnic identity; Evictions; Feminization; Homeless people; Housing authorities; Housing policy; Inequality; Interconnections; Intersectionality; Intimate partner violence; Low pay; Mothers; Oppression; Power; Power structure; Public housing; Race; Safety; Single women; Unpaid; Welfare; Women

A network of interlocking systems of racialized, classed, and gendered oppression contributes to the “feminization of homelessness.” Unequal and low pay, unpaid caregiving, lack of affordable housing, discrimination, a weak safety net, punitive welfare and public housing policies, and intimate partn...