Challenging the stigma of public housing: preliminary findings from a qualitative study in South Australia
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2004
Authors
Palmer, Catherine
Ziersch, Anna Marie
Baum, Fran
Arthurson, Kathy
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Editorial Board, Urban Policy and Research.
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Copyright © 2004 Editorial Board, Urban Policy and Research. Published by Taylor & Francis
Abstract
Many poor suburbs in Australia with higher than average numbers of public housing tenants do not simply suffer material disadvantage but also suffer from poor reputations that are reinforced though stigmatising assumptions that portray their residents negatively. Preliminary findings from qualitative research undertaken in Adelaide, South Australia paint a somewhat different picture of some residents in public housing which counters such stereotypes and assumptions and suggests that the picture is not as bleak as the stigmatised accounts suggest. This article examines the ways in which residents in stigmatised suburbs and housing actively resist and challenge the negative image ascribed to them and concludes by considering the public policy implications that come from the research.
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Palmer, C., Ziersch, A.M., Arthurson,
K.D., & Baum, F.E., 2004. Challenging the stigma of public housing: preliminary
findings from a qualitative study in South Australia. Urban Policy and Research, 22(4),
411-426.