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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities
Author: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities, 1990
Author: Laura DeKoven WaxmanPublisher:
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Category : Homelessness
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities
Author: Hunger and Homelessness Survey
Author: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities 2001
Author: The Visible Poor
Author: Joel BlauPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199938083
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Taking an in-depth look at the causes of homelessness in the United States, Joel Blau disproves the convenient myths that most homeless are crazy, drug addicts, or lazy misfits who brought their suffering upon themselves. He shows that the current crisis was an inevitable result of economic and political changes in recent decades, systematically reviewing the explanations offered by researchers, politicians and pundits, from the deinstitutionalization of mental patients in the 1960s to the gentrification of urban neighborhoods in the 1970s to the evisceration of federal spending on social welfare in the 1980s. Blau argues that current government policies at every level are mired in pointless headcounting and quick-fix solutions that only push the homeless out of sight without touching the underlying causes. He advocates social reforms ranging form a national standard for welfare benefits, a higher minimum wage, and establishment of a social sector for non-profit, affordable housing. A powerful contribution to public debate on homelessness, The Visible Poor must be read by concerned citizens as well as by policy-makers and advocates.
The ... Annual Report of the Interagency Council on the Homeless
Author: United States. Interagency Council on the HomelessPublisher:
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Category : Homeless persons
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities, 2000
Author: Hunger and Homelessness Survey
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Category : Homelessness
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
The survey sought information and estimates from each city on 1) the demand for emergency food assistance and emergency shelter and the capacity of local agencies to meet the demand; 2) the causes of hunger and homelessness and the demographics of the populations experiencing these problems; 3) exemplary programs or efforts in the cities to respond to hunger and homelessness; 4) the availability of affordable housing for low income people; and 5) the outlook for the future and the impact of the economy on hunger and homelessness.
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