Bakersfield’s Economic Development Division located at 1715 Chester Avenue in Bakersfield, Ca. The Economic Development Division is part of the Community Development Department which is made up of the Economic Development, Planning, and Building Divisions. My department works, “to assist in the creation of new affordable housing and rehabilitate existing housing stock with community partners, partner with local organizations to provide community services, and respond to Fair Housing concerns in the City
According to a study conducted by the National Coalition for the Homeless, most shelters offer services to protect people during extreme temperature drops and other weather conditions within select months in the year or when the temperature drops below a specified temperature like 32 degrees Fahrenheit, the freezing point of water (5). One solution is to convert unused storage units into basic dorm rooms with beds and bathrooms. This solution is more practical in denser urban areas with little surface
The image of homelessness has changed since the Great Depression, when many homeless people were elderly and white. Today a growing number of women and families, including young children, are homeless because of insufficient housing and resources (Bassuk & Rosenberg, 1988). As the number of homeless people has continued to rise over the past decade, homelessness has become a central feature of life in America. Homelessness tends to be associated with images of people who sleep in the streets, parks
homeless deaths caused by harsh– though primarily cold– weather conditions can be solved by moving the homeless out of the street into either temporary shelter programs using spare storage units and trailers for emergency circumstances or a permanent housing initiative. In 2014, nearly 600,000– 578,424 to be exact– homeless people live in the United States; about a third of this population doesn’t have access to shelter. This third of the populace suffer the most when areas across the nation– even
Section 8 housing was the first subsidized tenant-based housing program in the U.S. The program was established under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. It differed from the known public housing program by allowing recipients to obtain housing from the private market as opposed to government owned housing. Later after merging two aspects of the section 8, certificates and vouchers, section 8 housing program became known as the Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV). Housing Choice Voucher
individual who lacks a fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residence (HUD, 2011). Homelessness is not just a problem in big cities like New York or Los Angeles, but rather it is a global epidemic affecting small towns and suburbs such as Long Island. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a United States federal department that administers programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal since 1965. HUD issued a draft to change the definition of homelessness that is described
war, we are seeing more reports of PTSD within the military. In a recent report conducted by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, it informs that an average of 11-20 individuals out of 100 that fought in the Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF) report having PTSD in comparison to militants that serve in the Vietnam war that averaged that only 15 out of every 100 reported having PTSD (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016). Although the numbers are increasing in militants being
United States government to sufficiently care for their men and women in the military can be seen in the number of homeless veterans. In fact, the U.S. Housing and Urban development (H.U.D.) reports there are over 39,000 members of the armed services living on the street (2016). The main causes of homelessness among veterans include lack of housing, jobs, and access to healthcare (National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, n.d.). Veterans run a higher risk of becoming homeless if they are: suffering
the United States is homeless? (Crary and Leff). According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, otherwise referred to as “HUD,” chronic homelessness is defined as “an individual or family who has been homeless for a year” (Mathias). Current statistics show that chronic homelessness is still a major issue that we face in society, but it isn 't impossible to solve. With cost effective measures and simpler housing plans, this problem can be fixed. Current city financial advisers are
2015). “American public housing projects started in the New Deal, accelerated after the war, and then largely stopped in the 1970s, when they were widely described as abject failures. This verdict was hammered home by the well-publicized demolition in 1972 of the Pruitt– Igoe project in St. Louis” (Massey & Kanaiaupuni, 1993). Although most politicians viewed large housing complexes (projects) as a social destruction it did help to recreate new strategies for improving the housing program. America’s most