AbstractThe English homelessness scheme has been lauded as being one of the most progressive in the world for offering an individually legally enforceable right to housing to those people who meet the statutory criteria. Its definition of homelessness is also liberal by comparison with many other countries within Europe and beyond, extending significantly beyond the stereotypical rooflessness experienced by rough sleepers. Nevertheless, the scheme is highly selective and targeted, and assesses homelessness through a test of relative need, rather than enshrining a minimally acceptable standard of housing. It thereby creates a category of the marginally housed whose housing needs are assessed as insufficiently poor to be officially categorised as homeless, yet who are living in severely inadequate housing. To reduce the uncertainty and contingency of the current test, the paper proposes the adoption of a new test of habitability.

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勉强安置还是勉强无家可归？

摘要英国的无家可归计划被称赞为世界上最进步的计划之一，因为它为符合法定标准的人提供了可单独合法执行的住房权。与欧洲及其他地区的许多其他国家相比，它对无家可归的定义也很宽松，大大超出了露宿者所经历的刻板无家可归的范围。然而，该计划具有高度选择性和针对性，并通过相对需求测试来评估无家可归者，而不是规定最低可接受的住房标准。因此，它创建了一类边缘住房，他们的住房需求被评估为不够贫困，无法被正式归类为无家可归者，但他们的住房却严重不足。