Emma Mitchell

1 month ago | tandfonline.com | Emma Power |Emma Mitchell |Kathy Mee

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the role of housing within the tattered “patchwork” of state and non-state, formal and informal shadow care infrastructures that support the survival of low-income people in post-welfare global north cities. Drawing on interviews with care providers and recipients in two local government areas in central Western Sydney, Australia, the paper shows that housing – from social housing to informal rental – plays a central role in this patchwork of care.