Supporting People and Living Environments Favorable to Residential Stability, Well-Being and Quality of Life
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https://doi.org/10.29173/cjnser640Keywords:
community support, social housing, collective and individual accompaniment, social justice, theory of careAbstract
This article defines community support for social and community housing in Québec as relating to both individual and collective support practices. It analyzes the comments of stakeholders and managers from six group interviews carried out in 2020 and 2021 as part of broader research on the needs and practices for community support in Québec. The hypothesis defended is that the purpose of community support and its operating methods are as much a collective accompaniment for living environments as an individual accompaniment for tenants, always with a view towards social inclusion, empowerment, and residential stability rather than towards the management of people. On a theoretical and axiological level, the authors base themselves on Nancy Fraser’s critical theory of social justice and on the theory of care with an emphasis on ordinary life and prevention.
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