Housing estate

On May 20, 2010, A Special Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies, was called, and the various governmental entities and agencies were given the opportunity to present their various points, evidence, and stance on the issue of zero funding in 2011 for the HUD-VASH program. Statistics were provided, various Senators spoke…and in the end, the zero funding of the HUD-VASH program was overturned. In 2011, the HUD-VASH program…

UK has got one of the highest commuting costs in Europe. According to OECD (2011) report, investments in residential building increases housing supply responsiveness better matching workers with job places. There is a high link between the housing stock, workers mobility and the labour market. To achieve the high level of employment in the economy it is crucial to allow people to relocate to sectors and regions where there is higher demand…

The Moscow Food Co-op and the Principle Six Movement: Personal Identity in Conflict with the Workplace Readymade I started working at the Moscow Food Co-op in the summer of 2015. Principle Six (P6) is a marketing tool that was implemented at the Co-op this August. It is named after the Sixth Cooperative Principle: Cooperation Between Cooperatives. Certain items throughout the store are labeled P6 to indicate they were either locally grown, small and independently owned, Cooperative (as opposed…

Even though government funds are low, homelessness for children should not exist in our society today because of runaways, and homeless parents. Runaways, children, and adults in a homeless situation are finally receiving the help they need, thanks to new state laws and associations (Fermino 3). Undeveloped areas are increasing homelessness rates due to the increase of unsafe homes in war zones (Stearman 41). Additionally, natural disasters are destroying homes and leaving individuals and…

Homelessness, A Growing Problem Homelessness can be a forced or chosen way of life leading to depression and sadness across millions of Americans, yet can be easily prevented. Homelessness is a nationwide problem on a colossal scale. With homeless throughout almost every major city in the United States, it is getting out of hand and needs to be addressed (“Homelessness in America). Many of us take our everyday necessities for granted, the homeless on the other hand view the world in a whole…

cash assistance also provide short term solutions. Homeless that have addictions can attain help by going to programs like Celebrate Recovery and first step programs that offer group counseling and spiritual support. The housing first model program offered “stable, permanent housing as a primary strategy for ending homelessness” (Arnaudo, P., Madrid, S., & Zappasodi, D. (2012). Food, water, and shelter are the first needs that are unmet; these programs are providing these…

Vouchers began as a market-friendly plan by Republicans to counter Democratic New Deal Public Housing programs. Republicans began proposing the vouchers in the late 1960s and by the 1990s the Democrats were fully embracing the proposal (Johnson 2016). When Chicago embarked on the Plan for Transformation they drastically reduced the number of traditional public housing units and doubled the amount of housing choice vouchers (to 38,000) (Popkin 2013, 2). The research, while slightly more robust…

Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road was first published in 1961. This cult classic centers around a couple, Frank and April Wheeler, who lives in a suburban area. These two characters believe they are better than those surrounding them who apply to the norms of suburbia such as conformity, unity, and exclusivity. In a society such as this one, finding and maintaining an original identity is deceiving. The novel begins with a theatrical letdown, and it appears that every event thereafter ends in…

(Ehrenreich par.12). Many of those workers lost or quit their job because they were able to pay those lavish prices for a one-bedroom apartment. So eventually, they moved to a sustainable place where they are able to find a job that offers affordable housing. Also, the working-class are unable to send their kids to college financially. It’s hard to hand over large lump sums of cash when its time where there no affordable houses around. In fact, it is hard to take an average family anywhere now.…

Initially, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) built high rise public housing projects, such as the Cabrini-Green Homes and the Robert Taylor Homes, to accommodate large of immigrants and returning war veterans after World War II. Initially these were effective, state of the art housing complexes that provide cheap housing for people of a variety of socioeconomic classes, ranging from the poor to middle-class, working families…