| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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-1970s, more homeless are sleeping on city streets versus in shelters or single room hotels. Homelessness rates are affected by economic trends, lack of affordable 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- United States.
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Social Science / Sociology / Urban. |
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Homelessness. |
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United States. |
| Added Author |
Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay, III, editor.
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McGee, Mickey P., 1949- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cities and homelessness. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2021] 9781476673103 (DLC) 2021011551 (OCoLC)1235776563 |
| ISBN |
9781476640556 (electronic bk.) |
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1476640556 (electronic bk.) |
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9781476673103 |
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1476673101 |
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