Table Of ContentFaces of Homelessness
in the Asia Pacifi c
A cross the Asia Pacifi c, there are a vast range of experiences of homelessness and
an equally diverse range of responses from state systems. Since understandings of
homelessness are also heavily dependent on geographical, cultural, and historical
contexts, attitudes towards it as a ‘social problem’ are essentially underpinned by
ideological considerations.
W ith a particular focus on critical and international policy and practice, this
book builds upon the current scholarship of homelessness across the Asia Pacifi c.
Through examining and comparing a range of state responses, it explores the dif-
fering defi nitions and lived experiences of the issue in a number of countries,
including Japan, China, India, Korea, and Australia. The book analyzes a range of
key themes from welfare provision and legislation to the services provided and the
roles played by non-governmental organizations, whilst also recognizing the
effects of class, gender and ethnicity on homelessness in the region.
T aking an interdisciplinary approach, Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacifi c
will be useful to students and scholars of Social Policy, Urban Sociology, Psychol-
ogy and Asian Studies.
Carole Zufferey is a senior lecturer in Social Work at the University of South
Australia. Her work includes the recent publication H omelessness and Social
Work: An Intersectional Approach (Routledge, 2017).
Nilan Yu is a lecturer in Social Work at the University of South Australia. He is
co-editor of S ubversive Action: Extralegal Practices for Social Justice (2015).
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Edited by Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu
Faces of Homelessness
in the Asia Pacifi c
Edited by Carole Zufferey
and Nilan Yu
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Contents
List of tables vii
List of fi gures viii
Acknowledgments ix
List of contributors x
1 The many faces of homelessness: a critical introduction 1
CAROLE ZUFFEREY AND NILAN YU
2 Homelessness and homeless policies in the context of the
residual Japanese welfare state 9
JOHANNES KIENER AND TOSHIO MIZUUCHI
3 Homelessness in China 28
DELLA QIU AND CAROLE ZUFFEREY
4 Living homeless in urban India: state and societal responses 47
KALPANA GOEL AND RICHA CHOWDHARY
5 Children’s homelessness in Sri Lanka 64
ESHANTHA ARIYADASA, HELEN MCLAREN, AND
JANET MCINTYRE-MILLS
6 Homelessness in Korea: lived experience and policy issues 78
SOYOUNG KIM AND YONG-CHANG HEO
7 Homelessness in Hong Kong: the evolution of offi cial
homeless assistance and the context of housing 93
GEERHARDT KORNATOWSKI AND HUNG WONG
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8 A unique sustainable livelihoods strategy: how resilient
homeless families survive on the streets of Metro Manila,
Philippines 111
JUSTIN NICOLAS AND MEL GRAY
9 Homelessness in Australia 133
CHRIS HORSELL AND CAROLE ZUFFEREY
10 A portrait of homelessness in the Asia Pacifi c 146
CAROLE ZUFFEREY AND NILAN YU
Index 157
T ables
6.1 The number of homeless people in Korea (2010–2014) 81
6.2 The age and gender profi le of homeless people (2011) 81
6.3 The roles of facilities in the 2011 Act 86
7.1 Chronological overview of events in homeless services 94
7.2 Summary of substandard private rental apartments (as of 2011) 99
7.3 Different group of homeless persons in Hong Kong, 2013 & 2015 104
7.4 Type of accommodation before street sleeping 106
7.5 Reasons for becoming homeless (multiple responses) 107
8.1 Aoki’s (2013) distinction between slum and street dwellers 114
8.2 Different kinds of homeless families 115
8.3 Summary status of MCCT-HSF benefi ciaries 120
8.4 Package of services for homeless street families 123
9.1 Defi nitions of homelessness 136
F igures
2.1 Number of homeless people in Japan (2003–2016) 15
2.2 Welfare rate and welfare recipients in post-war Japan 20
6.1 New categories of homeless facilities 85
7.1 Number of street sleepers in the Street Sleeper Registry
between 2000 and 2015 103
7.2 Categories of homeless persons found in H.O.P.E.
Hong Kong 2015 104
7.3 Duration of homelessness in 2013 and 2015 105
Acknowledgments
W e would like to acknowledge Associate Professor Adrian Vicary who supervised
both of our theses at the University of South Australia. He contributed to the broad-
ening of our thinking and scholarship particularly in the areas of critical social work
and social policy. We thank him for his mentorship and friendship over the years.
T his book would not be possible without our contributors who collaborated with
international colleagues and generously invested their time in sharing their knowl-
edge about this important global issue. We would like to thank them all. In particu-
lar, we would like to thank Professor Toshio Mizuuchi (Osaka City University)
who, apart from co-authoring a chapter in this book, introduced us to other con-
tributors and colleagues researching homelessness in the region.
We wish to dedicate this book to past, current and future critical scholars and prac-
titioners working in homelessness in the Asia Pacifi c region and across the world.
