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... a must read book for those who work within the field of domestic violence and housing. Safe, The Domestic Abuse Quarterly ... offers valuable insights into the approach of both the local authority and the housing associations and also the (sometimes uneasy) relationships between them, which can be used to inform practice in other areas of housing provision. Housing Studies ... a must-read for those who work in domestic violence and housing... gives a vivid insight into the modernisation agenda in today's housing associations. Policy makers and housing practitioners should read this book and take note of how housing policy, and the housing management service in associations, needs to change to provide a meaningful service to women who have become homeless because of domestic violence. Roof ... clearly presented and useful for students of the development of policy in practice in housing and domestic violence, and for people working in these areas. Journal of Social Policy This book is essential reading for anyone whose work and study touches on the areas of domestic violence and housing. However, it is much more than this, providing insight into the ways in which the government's modernisation agenda impacts on housing policy and specifically housing associations. The graphic effects of these policies on managers, frontline staff and consumers of housing services is a wonderful case study of the 'modernisation agenda' in action. Dr Catherine Humphreys, University of Warwick, UK

... a must read book for those who work within the field of domestic violence and housing. Safe, The Domestic Abuse Quarterly. .. offers valuable insights into the approach of both the local authority and the housing associations and also the (sometimes uneasy) relationships between them, which can be used to inform practice in other areas of housing provision. Housing Studies

... a must read book for those who work within the field of domestic violence and housing. Safe, The Domestic Abuse Quarterly ... offers valuable insights into the approach of both the local authority and the housing associations and also the (sometimes uneasy) relationships between them, which can be used to inform practice in other areas of housing provision. Housing Studies ... a must-read for those who work in domestic violence and housing... gives a vivid insight into the modernisation agenda in today's housing associations. Policy makers and housing practitioners should read this book and take note of how housing policy, and the housing management service in associations, needs to change to provide a meaningful service to women who have become homeless because of domestic violence. Roof ... clearly presented and useful for students of the development of policy in practice in housing and domestic violence, and for people working in these areas. Journal of Social Policy

"""... a must read book for those who work within the field of domestic violence and housing."" Safe, The Domestic Abuse Quarterly ""... offers valuable insights into the approach of both the local authority and the housing associations and also the (sometimes uneasy) relationships between them, which can be used to inform practice in other areas of housing provision."" Housing Studies ""... a must-read for those who work in domestic violence and housing... gives a vivid insight into the modernisation agenda in today's housing associations. Policy makers and housing practitioners should read this book and take note of how housing policy, and the housing management service in associations, needs to change to provide a meaningful service to women who have become homeless because of domestic violence."" Roof ""... clearly presented and useful for students of the development of policy in practice in housing and domestic violence, and for people working in these areas."" Journal of Social Policy ""This book is essential reading for anyone whose work and study touches on the areas of domestic violence and housing. However, it is much more than this, providing insight into the ways in which the government's modernisation agenda impacts on housing policy and specifically housing associations. The graphic effects of these policies on managers, frontline staff and consumers of housing services is a wonderful case study of the 'modernisation agenda' in action."" Dr Catherine Humphreys, University of Warwick, UK"

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Cathy Davis is currently a Research Fellow at the Social Work Research Centre, University of Salford. She was the author of the NHF's 'good practice' guide on responding to violence in the home and has researched and published primarily in the 'race' and housing field.

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