Using a legal-consciousness approach, this paper discusses the issue of stigma and law from the perspectives of a group of older homeless people in Singapore. Focusing specifically on the Destitute Persons Act 2013 Rev. Ed. (DPA), the paper shows the different ways in which homeless people make sense of, negotiate, resist or succumb to the stigma of a homeless identity ascribed by the DPA. From these experiences, two fundamental problems with the DPA are highlighted. First, the DPA imposes a homeless identity that is entangled in archaic legal definitions that often do not relate to contemporary experiences of homelessness in Singapore. Second, the enforcement of the DPA legitimises a differential treatment of homeless people, without addressing the broader complexities of homelessness.

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“我们不像他们”：污名和新加坡的《赤贫者法》

本文采用法律意识的方法，从新加坡一群年长的无家可归者的角度讨论污名和法律问题。特别关注 2013 年《赤贫者法案》修订版。（DPA），该论文展示了无家可归者理解、协商、抵抗或屈服于 DPA 赋予的无家可归者身份污名的不同方式。从这些经验中，DPA 的两个基本问题被凸显出来。首先，DPA 强加了一种无家可归者身份，这种身份与过时的法律定义纠缠不清，而这些定义往往与新加坡当代无家可归者的经历无关。其次，DPA 的执行使对无家可归者的差别待遇合法化，而没有解决更广泛的无家可归的复杂性。