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Cities and homelessness : essays and case studies on practices, innovations and challenges /
"Homelessness in America's cities remains an intractable and growing problem. Challenges facing the homeless today the same as in years past: poverty, tenuous ties to family and friends or none, debilitating physical and mental health issues, and substance abuse. Compared to the 1950s-1970...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc.,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. A Potential Turning Point in How Cities Treat the Homeless
- 2. Why Turning Homelessness into a Crime Is Cruel and Costly
- 3. How Local Governments Can Build an Effective Homelessness System
- 4. Busting Three Common Myths About Homelessness
- 5. Why There Are So Many Unsheltered Homeless People on the West Coast
- 6. How the Homeless Create Homes
- Part II. Cities ¬vis-à-vis the States and the Feds
- 7. Modern Approaches to Homelessness
- 8. Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless in Sacramento, California
- 9. Exploring Homeless Work Programs in Santa Rosa, California
- 10. Trump's Attack on the Homeless and Learning from Berkeley's Practices
- 11. Community Partnership for the Homeless in Sutter County, California
- 12. Strengthening Homelessness ¬Public-Private Partnerships in Washington State
- 13. Cities Have a New Target for Ending Homelessness: Landlords
- 14. No Questions Asked
- 15. Five Questions for Mayor Richard J. Berry
- 16. Empty Space
- 17. Not Just a Place to Live
- 18. Care Not Cash Program for the Homeless in San Francisco, California
- 19. Tackling Homelessness in San Francisco
- 20. California Housing Crisis
- 21. California's Housing Future
- 22. California's Housing First Policy
- 23. Rhode Island First State to Pass Homeless Bill of Rights
- 24. HUD Reports Homelessness Unchanged in U.S. in 2018
- 25. Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing Projects
- 26. Home, Together
- 27. The White House Housing Development Toolkit
- Part III. Services, Innovations and Challenges
- 28. Key Findings on Housing Affordability
- 29. Affordable Housing Development
- 30. Perceptions of and Barriers to Affordable Housing in Virginia
- 31. Snapshot
- 32. Mapping as Citizen Engagement in the Fight for Affordable Housing
- 33. Inclusionary Housing
- 34. Sacramento County Reducing the Number of Mentally Ill Homeless
- 35. How Funding to House the Mentally Ill and the Homeless Is a Financial Gain, Not Drain
- 36. California Hospitals See Massive Surge in Homeless Patients
- 37. Finding Homeless Patients a Place to Heal
- 38. The Homeless Are Dying in Record Numbers on the Streets of L.A.
- 39. "Medieval" Diseases Flare as Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate
- 40. Addicted to Homelessness
- 41. Homelessness Programs and Resources
- 42. Ending Veteran Homelessness
- 43. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
- 44. Veteran Homelessness in Monterey County
- 45. Monterey Programs Focused on Supporting Homeless Veterans and Their Families
- 46. An Assessment of Homeless Veteran Programs in Sacramento County
- 47. Homeless Vets with Families
- 48. At Some Veterans Homes, -Aid-in-Dying Is Not an Option
- 49. "They Deserve It"
- 50. Tiny Home Villages for Homeless Veterans
- 51. How the Homeless Population Is Changing
- 52. Housing Policy Solutions to Support Aging with Options
- 53. The Need for Safe and Healthy Homes in Order to Age in Place
- 54. Accessibility Solutions for Colton Hall
- 55. Engaging Nonprofit Sector Institutions for Housing Seniors
- 56. Township Taps Former Mayor for -Age-Friendly Initiative
- 57. Advancing Independence, Integration and Inclusion Throughout Life
- 58. Safe Parking Program for Homeless Women in Pacific Grove, California
- 59. Veteran, Minority, Woman and Homeless
- 60. Homeless Women Veterans
- 61. Finding Shelter
- 62. Helping Homeless Youth
- 63. Navigating Student Housing Challenges
- 64. The Hidden Homelessness Among America's High School Students
- Part IV. The Future
- 65. Shelter Design Can Help People Recover from Homelessness
- 66. Improving Resident Services
- 67. Libraries on the Front Lines of the Homelessness Crisis in the United States
- 68. Homeless and the Courts
- 69. A Case for Transition Shelters.