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Response to Ann Coleman: Context, Context, Context: A Commentary on Responding to People Sleeping Rough: Dilemmas and Opportunities for Social Work

Dr Anne Coleman has raised important points about homelessness and social work in her response to my article, ‘‘Responding to People Sleeping Rough: Dilemmas and Opportunities for Social Work’’ (Parsell, 2011a). Dr Coleman has an extensive understanding of the issues: stemming from her social work practice, policy roles, and engagement in numerous empirical studies with people who are homeless. I thank Dr Coleman for her interest in my paper and her critical commentary (Coleman, 2012). Thank you also to Professor Christine Bigby, editor of Australian Social Work, for the opportunity to respond to Dr Coleman’s response to my paper. Dr Coleman’s critique of my paper encompassed three related themes: (a) the role of affordable housing and structural influences and change beyond housing, (b) the decontextualised nature of the analysis; and (b) debates around the right to be homeless and to live in public places. Taking into account the interrelated nature of these points, I will now respond to them in turn.