Annotated Bibliography for Social Analysis: Homelessness Study

This annotated bibliography analyzes the article "Homelessness, bedspace and the case for Housing First in Canada" by Evans, Collins, and Anderson, focusing on the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi study. The bibliography provides a summary of the article's main arguments, which include the problematization of homelessness through economic rationalization and the significance of the Housing First (HF) model. It highlights the article's contribution to homelessness policy and intervention strategies, while also acknowledging its strengths, such as tracing the problematization of homelessness as an economic issue, and weaknesses, like the use of standardized data collection. The bibliography also identifies issues and gaps, such as the need for financial risk calculations in neoliberal policy contexts, and the value of the source in understanding cost-savings, social costs, and the impact of the HF model. The conclusion emphasizes the article's demonstration of the role of policymaking and problem formation through networks of decision-makers, offering valuable insights for social analysis.

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Table of Contents
Summary..........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusions made by the work........................................................................................................2
Contribution of the work.................................................................................................................2
Strengths and weaknesses of the work............................................................................................2
Issues/ omissions/ gaps/ problems...................................................................................................2
Value/contribution of the source.....................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

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Evans, J., Collins, D., & Anderson, J. (2016). Homelessness, bedspace and the case for Housing
First in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 168, 249-256.
Summary
The article summarizes about the problematization and translation of the Ptoject At Home/Chez
Soi through a theoretical framework. It also discusses the significance of the HF model.
Conclusions made by the work
The conclusion that has been drawn from the work is that the complication of homelessness was
translated with the help of the arrangement of economic rationalization, the new structure of
organizing knowledge, and a particular form of the experimental intervention.
Contribution of the work
The work significantly contributed to the areas of homelessness policy in the form of cost
analysis and problematization and the field of intervention into the procedure.
Strengths and weaknesses of the work
The significant strength of the article is that it traces the problematization of homelessness
through translational practices as an economic issue. Whereas, one of its weaknesses is that the
study makes use of standardized instruments for collecting data which is insufficient to gather
information about the translation perspective.
Issues/ omissions/ gaps/ problems
The major problem is that to examine the problematization of government in the environment of
neoliberal policy; it is significant to have calculations and calculative practices based on
financial risk (Evans, Collins & Anderson, 2016). Another problem is that there possess less
problematic and frequent use of public services that provides information regarding the problem
of chronic homelessness in Canada.
Value/contribution of the source
The source helps in gathering relevant information about cost-savings, social costs of the
Housing First model, the positive and negative impact of bedspace along with the
problematization of homelessness in Canada.

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Conclusion
The article demonstrated the role in policymaking and the act of problem formation by focusing
towards the networks with the help of intelligible and visible decision makers.

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References
Evans, J., Collins, D., & Anderson, J. (2016). Homelessness, bedspace and the case for Housing
First in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 168, 249-256.