Methodology
The aim of this study is to examine the approaches landlords have in place to prevent homelessness and what initiatives are in place. Arhag housing association (hostel) is being used as a case study to identify if their approach has changed since the recent changes in government policies. The study also aims to look at tenancy sustainment and how the hostel measure success and if there is a similarity in what other organisation are doing. The data from the interviews will be used to make a comparison to what other organisations are doing.
The two methods that will be used to investigate my research is interviews (qualitative research) and secondary data, which will mostly consist of published articles. The secondary data mostly …show more content…
However, the information received from staff members will allow to build a comparison between what other landlords are doing through the information collated from the secondary sources. As well as conducting interviews with staff members, my research includes extensive use of secondary research, secondary research can be explained as sources already been produced by others. It is important to have a variety of studies for this particular research to allow for comparison, although the use of various literatures may be seen as unreliable due to the date it may have been …show more content…
A key strength of using interviews is that it provides far more in depth information than a questionnaire would and allows any ambiguous questions to be clarified (Bloom & Crabtree, 2006: 319). For example if the participant responds with a vague answer then you are able to tailor the question so that the respondent provides a clearer answer, which makes easier for analysis.
Another strength of using interview as a research method is that it easy to assess participant’s perceptions, personal feelings and opinions, it allows for more of an insightful conclusion to the research question, however this will vary depending on the research question. Walker (2000), evidenced his conclusion using structured interviews around the ‘organisational hierarchy’ to capture the perception of board members, front line staff, tenants and managers whereby the paper used participants perception to conclude that housing management as a profession has been ‘marginalised’ (Walker, 2000: 282). Qualitative research can be used to examine and formulate hypotheses for further structured analyses however, ‘equally they allow associations discovered at a statistical level to be followed up by much more detailed and complex examination’ (Mangen, 1999 cited in Quilgars & Jones,
The aim of this study is to examine the approaches landlords have in place to prevent homelessness and what initiatives are in place. Arhag housing association (hostel) is being used as a case study to identify if their approach has changed since the recent changes in government policies. The study also aims to look at tenancy sustainment and how the hostel measure success and if there is a similarity in what other organisation are doing. The data from the interviews will be used to make a comparison to what other organisations are doing.
The two methods that will be used to investigate my research is interviews (qualitative research) and secondary data, which will mostly consist of published articles. The secondary data mostly …show more content…
However, the information received from staff members will allow to build a comparison between what other landlords are doing through the information collated from the secondary sources. As well as conducting interviews with staff members, my research includes extensive use of secondary research, secondary research can be explained as sources already been produced by others. It is important to have a variety of studies for this particular research to allow for comparison, although the use of various literatures may be seen as unreliable due to the date it may have been …show more content…
A key strength of using interviews is that it provides far more in depth information than a questionnaire would and allows any ambiguous questions to be clarified (Bloom & Crabtree, 2006: 319). For example if the participant responds with a vague answer then you are able to tailor the question so that the respondent provides a clearer answer, which makes easier for analysis.
Another strength of using interview as a research method is that it easy to assess participant’s perceptions, personal feelings and opinions, it allows for more of an insightful conclusion to the research question, however this will vary depending on the research question. Walker (2000), evidenced his conclusion using structured interviews around the ‘organisational hierarchy’ to capture the perception of board members, front line staff, tenants and managers whereby the paper used participants perception to conclude that housing management as a profession has been ‘marginalised’ (Walker, 2000: 282). Qualitative research can be used to examine and formulate hypotheses for further structured analyses however, ‘equally they allow associations discovered at a statistical level to be followed up by much more detailed and complex examination’ (Mangen, 1999 cited in Quilgars & Jones,