AbstractThe Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 represents the most significant change to the rights of homeless people in England for decades. Through an analysis of the history of homelessness legislation in England, but focusing on the ‘ground-breaking’ 2017 Act, this paper explores how the homeless population is represented and ‘constructed’ in this new legislation and what this tells us about the place of homeless people in our society. In so doing, this paper exposes how the 2017 Act – a state instrument of apparent homelessness prevention – can be read and understood as contributing to rather than obviating the marginalisation and social exclusion of homeless people.

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2017 年《减少无家可归者法案》：促进不破坏无家可归者的边缘化

摘要 2017 年《减少无家可归者法案》代表了几十年来英格兰无家可归者权利的最重大变化。通过分析英格兰无家可归立法的历史，但重点关注“开创性”的 2017 年法案，本文探讨了无家可归人口在这项新立法中是如何代表和“构建”的，以及这告诉我们什么我们社会中无家可归的人。在这样做的过程中，本文揭示了 2017 年法案——一项明显预防无家可归的国家工具——如何被解读和理解为促进而不是消除无家可归者的边缘化和社会排斥。