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Homelessness in the 21st Century

Author : Stephanie Southworth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000864650
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Homelessness in the 21st Century written by Stephanie Southworth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible and engaging introductory text on homelessness and housing policy, this timely book uses a sociopolitical framework for understanding issues of homelessness in the United States. The authors, leading sociologists in their field, use data from over 250 interviews and field notes to demonstrate that homelessness is rooted in the structure of our society. They identify and describe the structural barriers faced by people who become homeless including the lack of affordable housing, the stigmatization and criminalization of homelessness, inadequate access to healthcare, employment that does not pay a living wage, and difficulty accessing social services. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, most of the people included in this book believe strongly in the American Dream. This book examines how the belief in the American Dream affects people experiencing homelessness. It also highlights individuals’ experiences within the social institutions of the economy, the criminal justice system, and the health care system. Furthermore, this book explores how stereotypes of people experiencing homelessness affects individuals and guides social policy. The authors examine policy changes at the local, state, and national levels that can be made to eradicate homelessness, but argue that there must be a political will to shift the narrative from blaming the victim to supporting the common good. Expertly combining history, theory and ethnography, this book is an invaluable resource for those with an interest in housing policy.

This Is All I Got

Author : Lauren Sandler
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 039958997X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book This Is All I Got written by Lauren Sandler and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • From an award-winning journalist, a poignant and gripping immersion in the life of a young, homeless single mother amid her quest to find stability and shelter in the richest city in America LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD • “Riveting . . . a remarkable feat of reporting.”—The New York Times Camila is twenty-two years old and a new mother. She has no family to rely on, no partner, and no home. Despite her intelligence and determination, the odds are firmly stacked against her. In this extraordinary work of literary reportage, Lauren Sandler chronicles a year in Camila’s life—from the birth of her son to his first birthday—as she navigates the labyrinth of poverty and homelessness in New York City. In her attempts to secure a safe place to raise her son and find a measure of freedom in her life, Camila copes with dashed dreams, failed relationships, the desolation of abandonment, and miles of red tape with grit, humor, and uncanny resilience. Every day, more than forty-five million Americans attempt to survive below the poverty line. Every night, nearly sixty thousand people sleep in New York City-run shelters, 40 percent of them children. In This Is All I Got, Sandler brings this deeply personal issue to life, vividly depicting one woman's hope and despair and her steadfast determination to change her life despite the myriad setbacks she encounters. This Is All I Got is a rare feat of reporting and a dramatic story of survival. Sandler’s candid and revealing account also exposes the murky boundaries between a journalist and her subject when it becomes impossible to remain a dispassionate observer. She has written a powerful and unforgettable indictment of a system that is often indifferent to the needs of those it serves, and that sometimes seems designed to fail. Praise for This Is All I Got “A rich, sociologically valuable work that’s more gripping, and more devastating, than fiction.”—Booklist “Vivid, heartbreaking. . . . Readers will be moved by this harrowing and impassioned call for change.”—Publishers Weekly “A closely observed chronicle . . . Sandler displays her journalistic talent by unerringly presenting this dire situation. . . . An impressive blend of dispassionate reporting, pungent condemnation of public welfare, and gritty humanity.” —Kirkus Reviews

Homelessness in the 21st Century

Author : Barney Melekian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Homelessness in the 21st Century written by Barney Melekian and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Permanent Supportive Housing

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309477042
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Permanent Supportive Housing written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuations in the economy and changes in the demographics of and attitudes toward poor and disenfranchised citizens. In recent decades, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the philanthropic community have worked hard to develop and implement programs to solve the challenges of homelessness, and progress has been made. However, much more remains to be done. Importantly, the results of various efforts, and especially the efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans in recent years, have shown that the problem of homelessness can be successfully addressed. Although a number of programs have been developed to meet the needs of persons experiencing homelessness, this report focuses on one particular type of intervention: permanent supportive housing (PSH). Permanent Supportive Housing focuses on the impact of PSH on health care outcomes and its cost-effectiveness. The report also addresses policy and program barriers that affect the ability to bring the PSH and other housing models to scale to address housing and health care needs.

Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century

Author : Helen M. Wallace
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763718596
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century written by Helen M. Wallace and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2003 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vitally important book is for educators in graduate schools of public health, nursing, social work, nutrition, allied health, medicine and health policy professionals in the health or political professions.

Invisible Child

Author : Andrea Elliott
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812986962
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Invisible Child written by Andrea Elliott and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “vivid and devastating” (The New York Times) portrait of an indomitable girl—from acclaimed journalist Andrea Elliott “From its first indelible pages to its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired, outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering for reimmersion in its Dickensian depths.”—Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Library Journal In Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter “to protect those who I love.” When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself? A work of luminous and riveting prose, Elliott’s Invisible Child reads like a page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality—told through the crucible of one remarkable girl. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize • Finalist for the Bernstein Award and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award

Homelessness

Author : Ernest P. Todd
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781594546525
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Homelessness written by Ernest P. Todd and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich continue to get richer - thank goodness. And in the 21st century the homeless do not exist. At least that is what the media leads us to believe. And if they should - they deserve what they get. Very nice - especially if it were true. This book sheds some light on a subject that society hates to hear about, that is 'homelessness'.

Derelict Paradise

Author : Daniel R. Kerr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781613760277
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Derelict Paradise written by Daniel R. Kerr and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

21st Century Essays on Homelessness

Author : Kirsten Anderberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781456532369
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Essays on Homelessness written by Kirsten Anderberg and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-10 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of these essays are in first person. The essays in this book are 1) The Privilege of Privacy and Homelessness, 2) Mental Hospitals as Homeless Shelters, 3) American "Insane Asylum" History: Giving Names To Numbered Graves, 4) The "New Poor" Versus The "Old Poor": Who Gets Prioritized?, 5) Once You've Been Homeless, You Can Never Go Back, 6) Homeless Kids and Their Parents Versus The World, 7) Adverse Possession: How and Why People Squat, 8) Bonus Article: How to Include The Poor in Community Events

Cities and Homelessness

Author : Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476673101
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Cities and Homelessness written by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homelessness in America's cities remains a growing problem. The homeless today face the same challenges as in years past: poverty, tenuous or no ties to family and friends, physical and mental health issues, and substance abuse. Compared to the 1950s to 1970s, more homeless are now sleeping on city streets versus in shelters or single room hotels. Homelessness rates are affected by economic trends, lack of equitable and inclusive healthcare and housing, decline in public assistance programs, and natural and man-made disasters. This collection of essays covers case studies, innovations, practices and policies of municipalities coping with homelessness in the 21st century.

21st Century United States of America: Land of the Free, Home of the Homeless

Author : Katie Day
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0615672337
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book 21st Century United States of America: Land of the Free, Home of the Homeless written by Katie Day and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are all in this thing called life together, so if I can't feel down without having to 'remember' someone's always got it worse than me (which actually makes ME feel worse, not better) than leave me alone! No more have and have not comparisons to cure temporary blues- let's make sure we all are better. I don't see the logic in lifting our individual spirits at the expense of someone else's misfortune. We all have our personal 'good' days and 'bad' days, and we need them so that we can be stronger and appreciate what we do have. And THAT will help us make sure the quality of life is equal for everyone- not being fake walking contradictions of ourselves.

The Least of Us

Author : Sam Quinones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635578582
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Least of Us written by Sam Quinones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

21st Century United States of America

Author : Day
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989707107
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book 21st Century United States of America written by Day and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is kind of a memoir that uses the author's privileged 'white' middle class perspective and experiences to try and understand 21st Century Homelessness in the United States. She attempts to examine it by describing its current conditions and how they relate to historical exploitation practices, based on the socially constructed concept of racism, as well as analyzing modern day perceptions of poverty... and what, if anything, can be done- Or,"'where do we go from here?" in this post Civil Rights era racial society.

San Fransicko

Author : Michael Shellenberger
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063093634
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book San Fransicko written by Michael Shellenberger and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America’s faltering cities. Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, progressives made those problems worse. Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for thirty years. During that time, he advocated for the decriminalization of drugs, affordable housing, and alternatives to jail and prison. But as homeless encampments spread, and overdose deaths skyrocketed, Shellenberger decided to take a closer look at the problem. What he discovered shocked him. The problems had grown worse not despite but because of progressive policies. San Francisco and other West Coast cities — Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland — had gone beyond merely tolerating homelessness, drug dealing, and crime to actively enabling them. San Fransicko reveals that the underlying problem isn’t a lack of housing or money for social programs. The real problem is an ideology that designates some people, by identity or experience, as victims entitled to destructive behaviors. The result is an undermining of the values that make cities, and civilization itself, possible.

In the Midst of Plenty

Author : Marybeth Shinn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119104750
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book In the Midst of Plenty written by Marybeth Shinn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness This book explains how to end the U.S. homelessness crisis by bringing together the best scholarship on the subject and sharing solutions that both local communities and national policy-makers can apply now. In the Midst of Plenty shifts understanding of homelessness away from individual disability to larger contexts of poverty, income inequality, housing affordability, and social exclusion. Homelessness experts Shinn and Khadduri provide guidance on how to end homelessness for people who experience it and how to prevent so many people from reaching the point where they have no alternative to sleeping on the street or in emergency shelters. The authors show that we know how to end homelessness—if we devote the necessary resources to doing so. In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It is an excellent resource for policy-makers, professionals in the homeless services system, and anyone else who wants to end homelessness. It also can serve as a text in undergraduate or masters courses in public policy, sociology, psychology, social work, urban studies, or housing policy. "The knowledgeable and thoughtful authors of this book—two brilliant women who know as much as anyone in the country about the nature of homelessness and its solutions—have done a great service by taking us on a journey through the history of homelessness, how our responses have changed, and how we can end it." —Nan Roman, President and CEO National Alliance to End Homelessness. "Shinn and Khadduri's new book is a thorough yet concise examination of what we know about the nature and causes of homelessness, and the crucial lessons learned. This critically important work provides a roadmap to restoring basic housing and income security as viable policy options, in the face of our daunting inequality divide that otherwise threatens millions with destitution and homelessness." —Dennis Culhane, Dana and Andrew Stone Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania "Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri have combined their significant expertise to create an essential guide about the history of modern homelessness and to offer a clear path forward to end this American tragedy. Their policy recommendations on ending homelessness are culled from the best about what we know works." —Barbara Poppe, Executive Director US Interagency Council on Homeless, 2009-2014

Itinerancy and Shelter in the 21st Century

Author : Macy Dana Whitaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Itinerancy and Shelter in the 21st Century written by Macy Dana Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the numbers of homeless individuals has been on the rise since 2017, increasing 2% between 2019 and 2020 alone (“State of Homelessness: 2021 Edition). With statistics like these, the existing solutions in the form of homeless shelters or other affordable housing options cannot accommodate the numbers of people that need support. Shelters and other social service sites can quickly become overcrowded, and there are other factors at play that may deter some people from seeking out shelter services. Currently, solutions for housing the homeless are largely stationary and don’t take into consideration the movement patterns of the population they serve. Relegated to more simple forms of portable shelters, the most popular options for those living on the streets are camping tents, pitched in any location with enough space, whether it is public or private. Today, we see people successfully living and thriving in forms of itinerancy besides homelessness. These conditions range from nomadic communities across the globe to social media influencers traveling in remodeled cargo vans. Bringing to light a variety of situations that call into question what many people associate with the term “itinerancy” will start to challenge and destigmatize the way we think about the condition of homelessness. In my design thesis, I will study the support systems, cultures, and methods of building and movement of multiple migratory communities, to begin to understand the tactics that have allowed some of these mobile lifestyles to endure and provide comfort for the people who live them. To explore these topics, I will map out urban and rural conditions to understand how access to amenities and social services vary by the location in which people live. In addition to mapping, I will provide visual and spatial comparisons of shelters used by other groups of mobile people, as well as inventories of personal possessions to better understand living conditions and needs. These methods will aid in exploring the possibilities of integrating successful aspects of traditional and modern itinerant living into America’s homelessness epidemic to design a community based alternative living environment for people experiencing homelessness in Akron, Ohio.

Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Author : Jay S. Levy
Publisher : Loving Healing Press
ISBN 13 : 1615991360
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Homeless Outreach & Housing First written by Jay S. Levy and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways Jay S. Levy brings us a new educationalresource entitled "Homeless Outreach & Housing First: LessonsLearned." This monograph features three written works onhomelessness inclusive of an article on moral, fiscal, andquality of life considerations, a new story entitled "Ronald'sNarrative: The Original Housing First," and an interview thatwas originally featured in "Recovering The Self: A Journal ofHope and Healing." These three documents provide a rich andfertile resource for learning, reflecting, and informing neededaction that promotes high quality outreach services andhousing stabilization for the most vulnerable among us.The Reader will... Learn about the positive measurable impact of a HousingFirst approach and its moral, fiscal, and quality of lifeimplications.Explore the relationship between Homeless Outreach andHousing First, as well as understand the five basic pretreatmentprinciples that can be applied to both.Learn how to utilize a Pretreatment Approach with individualsexperiencing major mental illness and addiction.Understand how to better integrate Housing First andHomeless Outreach initiatives with homelessness policy. Praise for Jay S. Levy "This is one of the best guides I have read about workingwith the underserved and homeless. I wonder why all citiesdon't put it into place? How we approach our homelesscan defi nitely make a diff erence. Sometimes it's not in thetechniques, but in the attitude of the case manager."--Carol S. Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views Learn more at www.JaySLevy.comFrom Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.com