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Ending Homelessness : Why We Havent, How We Can / ed. by David L. DiLeo, Donald W. Burnes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Points of ViewPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (341 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685854546
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Are We There Yet? -- 2 An Individual Experiences Homelessness -- Part 1: Where Are We Now? -- 3 The New Demographics of Homelessness -- 4 Three Decades of Homelessness -- Part 2: What Have We Done (Or Not Done)? -- 5 A Housing First Approach -- 6 Special Needs Housing -- 7 Systems for Homelessness and Housing Assistance -- 8 Controversies in the Provision of Services -- Part 3: Why Aren’t We Further? -- 9 How We’ve Learned to Embrace Homelessness -- 10 Homelessness Is About Housing -- 11 Work, Wages, Wealth, and the Roots of Homelessness -- 12 Rights, Responsibilities, and Homelessness -- Part 4: What Do We Do? -- 13 In Pursuit of Quality Data and Programs -- 14 Public Opinion, Politics, and the Media -- 15 Community Planning and the End of Homelessness -- 16 The Role of Funders -- 17 Where Do We Go from Here? -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Despite billions of government dollars spent in the attempt, we are no closer than we were three decades ago to solving the problem of homelessness. Why? Tackling this question, the authors of Ending Homelessness explore the complicated and often dysfunctional relationship between efforts to address homelessness and the realities on the street. Their book, addressing a range of practical, cultural, and economic issues, brings into sharp focus the barriers to and opportunities for overcoming this persistent social challenge.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Are We There Yet? -- 2 An Individual Experiences Homelessness -- Part 1: Where Are We Now? -- 3 The New Demographics of Homelessness -- 4 Three Decades of Homelessness -- Part 2: What Have We Done (Or Not Done)? -- 5 A Housing First Approach -- 6 Special Needs Housing -- 7 Systems for Homelessness and Housing Assistance -- 8 Controversies in the Provision of Services -- Part 3: Why Aren’t We Further? -- 9 How We’ve Learned to Embrace Homelessness -- 10 Homelessness Is About Housing -- 11 Work, Wages, Wealth, and the Roots of Homelessness -- 12 Rights, Responsibilities, and Homelessness -- Part 4: What Do We Do? -- 13 In Pursuit of Quality Data and Programs -- 14 Public Opinion, Politics, and the Media -- 15 Community Planning and the End of Homelessness -- 16 The Role of Funders -- 17 Where Do We Go from Here? -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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Despite billions of government dollars spent in the attempt, we are no closer than we were three decades ago to solving the problem of homelessness. Why? Tackling this question, the authors of Ending Homelessness explore the complicated and often dysfunctional relationship between efforts to address homelessness and the realities on the street. Their book, addressing a range of practical, cultural, and economic issues, brings into sharp focus the barriers to and opportunities for overcoming this persistent social challenge.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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