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First American edition. |
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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Life on the streets : documenting California's growing homeless crisis. Postcards from the epicenter : just how bad is homelessness in California? / Kerry Jackson -- Squandered opportunities : how homelessness hurts the economy / Wayne Winegarden -- From vagrancy to homeless rights : a brief history of the "law" of homelessness / Joseph Tartakovsky -- How California became first in homelessness : decades of bad policy and legal decisions. Incentivizing homelessness : how local and state policies encourage homeless / Kerry Jackson -- Homeless, addicted, and insane : the "perilous trifecta" puts San Francisco's policy regime to the test / Christopher F. Rufo -- Priced out of shelter and onto the streets : how California's housing crisis has pushed thousands into homelessness and has many more on the brink / Wayne Winegarden -- Judicial interventionism : how court rulings change how cities enforce "quality of life" laws / Joseph Tartakovsky -- The limits of housing first : Los Angeles makes a $1.2 billion bet on a solution to homelessness that is bound to fail / Christopher F. Rufo -- Lawsuits without end : how courtroom entanglement limits political solutions / Joseph Tartakovsky -- What can be done to solve California's homeless problem : innovative ways to reduce homelessness despite budget and legal constraints. Taking action : lessons learned form local changemakers / Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden -- Smarter laws, smarter enforcement : legal and policy reforms to relieve homelessness with humanity and fairness / Joseph Tartakovsky -- Compassionate enforcement : balancing public services and public order / Christopher F. Rufo. |
| Summary |
"In San Diego, not far from the gates of the fantasy world at Disneyland, tent cities line the freeways remind us of an ugly reality. Homeless individuals are slowing rail traffic between Sacramento and the Bay Area, and swarming subway trains in Los Angeles in search of a place to sleep when they're not languishing on Skid Row. Drug use among the homeless is plaguing communities, with discarded needles threatening children playing at public parks. And every day across California, thousands of homeless youth who lack safe and stable housing struggle to stay in school, to perform well academically, and to form meaningful connections with their teachers and peers. Since the 1980s, countless research studies have been published on the topic of homelessness in America. Too often, however, social science research on homelessness is narrow in scope, mired in politics, and reliant on questionable assumptions about the root causes of the problem. The severity of the homeless crises plaguing cities requires innovative solutions backed by credible data and objective research. This book examines the causes of homelessness with a focus on unaffordable housing, poverty, mental illness, substance addiction and legal reform. It examines the state and local policy environment to determine ways in which housing policy, social service programs, employment opportunities interact to exacerbate, perpetuate, or reduce homelessness. The book also evaluates different strategies being used at the state, county, and local levels to prevent or reduce homelessness. Finally, the book provides a mix of long-term policy solutions based on the authors' findings that have the greatest potential to reduce homelessness"-- Provided by publisher |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- United States.
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Homelessness. |
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United States. |
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Housing -- United States.
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Housing. |
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Poor -- Government policy -- United States.
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Poor -- Government policy. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rufo, Christopher F., 1984- author.
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Tartakovsky, Joseph, 1981- author.
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Winegarden, Wayne, 1968- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jackson, Kerry, 1960- No way home. First American edition. New York, New York : Encounter Books, 2021 9781641771641 (DLC) 2020037431 (OCoLC)1193559217 |
| ISBN |
1641771658 (electronic book) |
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9781641771658 (electronic book) |
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9781641771641 (hardcover) |
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