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Housing the Homeless (Hardcover)
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Housing the Homeless (Hardcover)
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Homelessness has become a lasting issue of vital social concern. As
the number of the homeless has grown, the complexity of the issue
has become increasingly clear to researchers and private and public
service providers. The plight of the homeless raises many ethical,
anthropological, political, sociological, and public health
questions. The most serious and perplexing of these questions is
what steps private, charitable, and public organizations can take
to alleviate and eventually solve the problem. The concept of
homelessness is difficult to define and measure. Generally, persons
are thought to be homeless if they have no permanent residence and
seek security, rest, and protection from the elements. The homeless
typically live in areas that are not designed to be shelters (e.g.,
parks, bus terminals, under bridges, in cars), occupy structures
without permission (e.g., squatters), or are provided emergency
shelter by a public or private agency. Some definitions of
homelessness include persons living on a short-term basis in
single-room-occupancy hotels or motels, or temporarily residing in
social or health-service facilities without a permanent address.
Housing the Homeless is a collection of case studies that bring
together a variety of perspectives to help develop a clear
understanding of the homelessness problem. The editors include
information on the background and politics of the problem and
descriptions of the current homeless population. The book concludes
with a resource section, which highlights governmental policies and
programs established to deal with the problem of homelessness.
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