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Supported Housing for People with Serious Mental Illness: Resident Perspectives on Housing

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 2002

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Supported housing involves integrated housing that is adequate and affordable, paired with flexible, individualized mental health support services. In this qualitative study, interviews were conducted with supported housing residents in cities and towns in southwestern Ontario to examine their housing experience. Ques-tions were organized around 4 dimensions of housing: (a) physical environment, (b) social environment, (c) affordability and choice, and (d) residential history. The inquiry, which occurred at neighbourhood and dwelling-unit levels, revealed 4 themes: (a) loneliness, (b) making do with socially and structurally inferior housing, (c) a desire for more understanding, and (d) a concern with an individual's sense of integration into a community.

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Le logement adapté est une forme de logement intégeré qui est passable et abordable, ainsi que lié à des services de santé mentale flexibles et individualisés. Cette étude qualitative consiste en une série d'interviews avec des résidents et résidentes vivant dans des logements adaptés situés dans des grandes et petites villes du sud-ouest ontarien. Le but de cette recherche est de comprendre les conditions de vie de ces résidents et résidentes en ce qui concerne le logement. Les questions se penchent sur 4 aspects de ces conditions: (a) l'environnement physique, (b) l'environnement social, (c) le coût et le choix, et (d) l'expérience passée des résidents et résidentes en matière de logement. La recherche, qui se déroulait tant au niveau du quartier qu'à celui des unités de logement, décèle 4 thèmes: (a) l'isolement, (b) des logements qui laissent à désirer aux plans sociaux et structuraux, (c) le désir d'être mieux compris et (d) une préoccupation quant à l'intégration de l'individu dans une communauté.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 21Number 1April 2002
Pages: 137 - 151

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Version of record online: 12 May 2009

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Ryan Walker
Mark Seasons
University of Waterloo

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