title: "The Apartment is for You, It's Not for Anyone Else": Managing Social Recovery and Risk on the Frontlines of Single-Adult Supportive Housing.
abstract: This multi-method qualitative study examines frontline provider perspectives on consumer social relationships and barriers to social recovery in supportive housing programs for adults with serious mental illness. Thematic analyses show that guest and occupancy policies that enforce the "single" nature of single-adult supportive housing challenge consumer rights to self-determination in the realm of social recovery. Findings also highlight the ways in which providers act to reinforce and subvert these policies while mitigating risk in this service setting. Recommendations for enhancing the recovery orientation of supportive housing and implications for the design of the homeless service system are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 360 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., Hill Hall, Suite 401A, Newark, NJ, 07102-1801, USA. emmy.tiderington@rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Emmy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tiderington
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000073038:Mental Health Recovery; D016134:Organizational Policy; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D000067250:Psychiatric Rehabilitation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012847:Single Person
keywords: Case management; Mental health recovery; Qualitative; Supportive housing