ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses multidisciplinary literature that examines the incorporation of intersectionality in policy development and analysis. I explore different policy-making and analysis approaches, focusing on Olena Hankivsky’s (2012b) Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis (IBPA) and Carol Bacchi’s (2009) ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’(WPR). I critically examine definitions of homelessness in the USA, UK, Australia, the EU and New Zealand, and the widespread implementation of homelessness programmes such as Housing First. I also discuss Parken’s (2010) multi-strand approach that provides a step forward in institutionalising intersectional theorising in policy making. In this chapter I argue that policy research grounded in intersectionality can contribute to improving policy approaches to homelessness, especially by highlighting unequal power relations in the policy-making process.
