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housing projects for blacks and low income, have since occurred but segregation persist. Although, many housing project continue to exist of called public housing developments of efforts in community planning have developed other models such as: section 8 housing, scatter-site housing, and more recently mixed-income housing. These attempts mainly focused on deconcentrating areas of high-poverty and have all resulted in failure of

The problem I am going to discuss is homelessness in Long Island. What is homelessness and who defines it? Homelessness is a person lacking adequate shelter or otherwise residing below the minimal standard of what is considered a safe dwelling. The federal definition of homeless is an 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

ASSIGNMENT3: BUILDING A POLICY BRIEFING Stephana PEA Prof. Aaron Watches May 8, 2016 Submitted on April 11, 2016 University of Baltimore- Spring Quarter 2016 What can the Baltimore government/policy makers do about homeless in Baltimore? The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the policy and actions that can be taken to end the homelessness issue. Homeless is a serious multi-faceted issue that requires the involvement of many agencies, policymakers, governments and faith-organizations

Advocacy Theory: Anderson, J. (2008). Talk to the hand? Community Councils and Planning Consultation. Planning Theory, 284-300 Anonymous. (2006). Newly constructed affordable housing must be adaptable for use by elderly and disabled. Planning & Environmental Law, 28. Buchanan, D., Kee, R., Sadowski, L. S., & Garcia, D. (2009). The Health Impact of Supportive Housing for HIV Positive Homeless Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Public Health, S675-S680. Cropsey, K. L., Wexler

There are three side to every story: his side, her side, and the truth. Sometimes the truth gets twisted, but through the different people’s perspectives one can understand how a turn of events occur. There a three pivotal events that are a part of Newark’s ongoing history; they are the Cholera epidemic that killed tons of people, the destruction of high rise public houses, and the Summer Riots that occurred in 1967. Through various people’s perspectives we can understand how individuals of Newark’s

Homelessness in America A homeless person is simply defined as a person who does not have an adequate residence. Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated with the homeless. I would see them sleeping on the streets when my mom drove me to church on Sunday mornings and I remember asking my mom a lot of questions about the homeless. They intrigued me. I couldn’t fathom why people were living on the side of the road or under bridges and did not have a home to live in. I always wanted to

Chicago residents are unable to do so. In 2014, when CHA reopened its waiting lists, almost a full quarter of the city’s population applied for a spot (Newman 2014). By 2013, the number of renters in Chicago that were rent burdened increased to 51% (Capperis, Ellen and Kaufman 2015, 14). The end of 2015 found 124,357 people on the CHA wait list (CHA 2015). It is against the backdrop of increasing poverty, higher rent burdens and a lack of affordable housing in the city that criticism has been launched

In 2011 there was an average of about 13,000 homeless people in Ohio and the number has continued to rise since then. Nearly 300 people are homeless in Licking County during any given night.(LCC Housing, 2011) The most outstanding statistic from the Licking County Coalition for Housing in 2011 was that the average age of a homeless person is the age of only nine years old. That means, for every homeless man or women that is seen on the streets, there is two to three children who are also homeless

It is estimated that over a half million people in America are currently living without homes, sleeping instead in crowded shelters, parks, bus stations, and other places not meant for human accommodation. Many who are unfamiliar with this stigmatizing situation presume there is a simple solution to this social crisis. “Get a job!” they say, attributing the homeless’ wretched situation to laziness. However, overcoming homelessness is not that simple. Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority

Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing project is notorious in the United States for being the most impoverished and crime-ridden public housing development ever established. Originally established as inexpensive housing in the 1940’s, it soon became a vast complex of unsightly concrete low and high-rise apartment structures. Originally touted as a giant step forward in the development of public housing, it quickly changed from a racially and economically diverse housing complex to a predominantly