Federal Housing Administration

surrounding area with affordable housing contained within the hospital buildings. One specific group, Neighborhood Women, led by Jen Peterson, a woman from the community who has united the supporters out of a vision of the common goal of development, has been at the forefront of the fight to reuse the buildings. This group has…

In fact, the housing crisis has been a challenge social issue in San Francisco for a long period. I have been wondered how frustrated would be if a family has to sleep out on the streets, especially at the freezing nights. The Hamilton Family Center is the great option for families who experience homelessness to get various supports. It provides different services through different programs, including family shelter, transitional housing, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing, and…

Introduction According to Bloomington housing authority “If a felon has engaged in any violent criminal activity, or in any other criminal activity that would affect other tenants’ health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises will not be accepted for public housing or section 8. Therefore, some paroles that have serious drug felons are left having no governmental assisted housing. As a result, paroles are stuck in finding housing in the privatized housing market, which can more…

1. Changes in public housing designs In response and adaptation to the dynamic pace of physical and socio-economic development in the country, changes to housing design and density has been introduced and implemented over the years in the National Housing Program. These include changes from low to high density housing (4 units per acre to 12 units per acre) and introduction of semi-detached and terrace houses. Land allocated to eligible applicants has been reduced from two acres in the 1950’s…

nonprofit sectors. By combining housing and supportive services, they led a remarkable fight that has reduced the number of chronically homeless by more than a third in five years (Buset). That is why it is important for us as a society to work together with the government to bring an end to this crisis. The first approach to conquering this issue would be the prevention of homelessness, and rapid permanent supportive housing. The emergence of permanent supportive housing—housing connected with…

San Francisco, Silicon Valley’s Exclusive Suburb Many may compare the riches of California’s Gold Rush of 1849 to the rise of the digital age in Silicon Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area is becoming an exclusive suburb because of it. Gone are the artisans and tradespeople, replaced by lofts, townhouses and studios populated with high-income content curators, engineers and infrastructure architects (Weckler). The information age in the Bay Area brought with itself a multitude of innovations…

more affluent residents taking up spots in these refurbished neighborhoods, the longtime local tenants experience rent growth that outpaces how much they can possibly make within a year, eliminating the prospect of these people having affordable housing (“How Sky-High”). As a result of these increased hikes in rent for poorer residents, there is a clear correlation to the increasing amount of people being displaced from these gentrified areas and the decreasing amount of spaces that are…

Housing and Need According to My Two Perspectives: Old and New As a child, my needs were very few, and I had more than most, if not all, of my peers. I had more expensive clothes, a bigger home, a newer car, and an exquisite jewelry collection from all over the world. I was accustomed to being a child of privilege, to the degree that I was unable to understand the concept of need. I could not comprehend poverty or hunger. And I do not recall being taught to be truly thankful for all that I…

Affordable housing has recently come under scrutiny as new changes are currently being proposed as to their definition, availability and affordability. Our Government acknowledges that we have a shortage of affordable housing within England and Wales and new proposals have caused much controversy as to the definition of such homes, with many concerned that these new plans will only increase the housing crisis that we are currently facing (Foster, 2016). Local authorities are being given more…

Chittenden County (this includes Burlington and South Burlington) alone, and COTS launched a #172 Campaign to help raise awareness of this pressing social concern. Programs include shelters for individuals, shelters for families, transitional housing, permanent housing, emergency grants for rental and mortgage payments. People also receive assistance with work force training, budgeting, navigating the welfare system, accessing affordable childcare services, parenting classes, computer…