First published in 1997, this volume presents the results of in-depth research into the application of the UK homelessness legislation in relation to community care, the Children Act 1989, violence to women, and racial harassment.

DAVID COWAN is a lecturer at the University of Bristol. He has written many titles including: Homelessness: The (In-)Appropriate Applicant (Dartmouth, 1997) together with numerous articles on housing issues.

1. Introduction. 2. Appropriateness. 3. Community Care. 4. Children. 5. Racial Harassment. 6. Violence to Women. 7. Towards Inappropriateness. 8. Reforming the Homelessness Legislation: Uses of Inappropriateness. 9. Defining Inappropriateness. 10. Conclusion.