Imaging homelessness and homeless people: Visions and strategies within the movement(s)

The "deserving versus undeserving" distinctions typically applied to poor p eople are examined ns applied to homeless people. When these labels ave app lied by others, three categories-Lackers, Slackers, and Unwilling Victims-a ppear rather than a binary division. Further the role these images play wit hin antihomelessness movements is examined. Images shape strategies, and st rategies shape images, both consciously and unconsciously. Three "clusters" of image and strategy are examined, and the implications for the antihomel essness movement discussed.