5 edition of Homelessness in America found in the catalog.
Homelessness in America
Mary Ellen Hombs
Published
1986
by Community for Creative Non-violence in Washington, D.C
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Written in
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 144
| Statement | by Mary Ellen Hombs and Mitch Snyder ; with a foreword by Daniel Berrigan |
| Contributions | Snyder, Mitch, Community for Creative Non-violence (Washington, D.C.) |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | xviii, 146 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 146 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL17029195M |
| ISBN 10 | 0686398793 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 14080378 |
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Focusing on the broad social issue of homelessness, the book's 19 essays offer in-depth examinations of policy-related issues by noted social workers, researchers, advocates, and other experts in the field.
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More than at any other time, there is a lack of housing that low income people can afford. Without housing options, people face eviction, instability and homelessness. Low income households often do not earn enough to pay for food, clothing, transportation and a place they can call home. Health and.
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Homelessness is often assumed to be an urban phenomenon because homeless people are more numerous, more geographically concentrated, and more visible in urban areas. However, people experience the same difficulties associated with homelessness and housing distress in America's small towns and rural areas as they do in urban areas.
The Dispossessed: Homelessness in America (Fort Worth, TX: Dominion Press, ), by George Grant (PDF with commentary at festivous-ilonse.com) Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities (), by National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (U.S.) and National Coalition for the Homeless (U.S.) (PDF at festivous-ilonse.com).
The book Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America, Todd DePastino is published by University of Chicago Press. The book Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America, Todd DePastino is published by University of Chicago Press.
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Homelessness in America today. [Jennifer Bringle] -- Discusses homelessness in the United States, including a brief history, the effects of the recent economic recession on the homelessness rates in the nation, and what can be done to end homelessness.
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However, between andthe American society saw an explosion of a new form of social problems, this new problem moved from single male homeless members to.
