CRM 3311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Supportive Housing, Nimby, Deinstitutionalisation
30 Nov 2018
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(19) planning supported housing: a new orientation in housing for people with. Housing location and conflict: concentration in the inner city, following de-institutionalization, the majority of discharged ex-patients congregated in low-cost, single-room-occupancy hotels, and rooming houses, found largely in the areas of discard of inner cities. These perceptions are largely attributable to the pervasiveness of nonexpert information characterizing mental illness in a haphazard and opportunistic way, particularly in the popular media. (314) It can be said that nonrejecting neighborhoods simply do not try to bridge the social distance between community members. So while at the senior government level community integration for people with serious mental illness may be an important policy goal, it may prove incompatible with positions adopted by municipal policy makers. (315) These concerns included feelings of deep insecurity around housing tenure and severe loneliness. Both public- and private-sector landlords discriminate against prospective tenants with mental illness. (316: supported housing can be associated with loneliness and isolation.
