Eradicating or Managing Homelessness? A New Framework for Comparative Policy Framing

This article develops a six-dimensional framework for comparative policy framing and applies it to homelessness policy in England and Finland. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and practitioners, it shows that England’s approach is organised around a management-oriented frame centred on prevention, legal thresholds, and resource allocation, whereas Finland adopts an eradication-oriented frame grounded in universalism, housing as a right, and state responsibility. The findings demonstrate how interpretative frames structure policy ambition, institutional alignment, and implementation trajectories within contrasting welfare states.