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    Homelessness Research

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    estimated over 600,000 Americans who suffer from homelessness on any given night according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. More than one quarter of these individuals are children under the age of 18 (2014). Homelessness is an issue that has been decreasing in America over the past decade due to programs initiated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It has since declined two percent from 2013 to 2014, but this does not necessarily suggest that…

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    Lens On Homelessness

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    Some negative causes of homelessness include mental illnesses, gender inequality, effects on adolescents, and housing stability. It is extremely important for the homeless to be able to move forward rather than backwards, as many see the problem as worsening. Showcasing all of these unfortunate causes, proves the need for financial help for the homeless to get back…

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    Sudhir's Workout Summary

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    ones living in poverty to further explore this section of Chicago. Venkatesh starts his excursion in the housing projects of Chicago to complete research on urban poverty and their effects on others. He will soon stumble upon some men who do not welcome him warmly; he has come across the Black Kings. This gang specializes in the distribution of crack and they happen to be a part of the housing project he is…

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    Homeless Elderly

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    of affordable housing among certain segments of the aging. Throughout the nation, there are at least 9 seniors waiting for every occupied unit of affordable elderly housing (HEARTH, 2007). Many elderly people…

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    The Pruitt-Igoe complex began as a benign plot to provide low-income families with affordable housing, but several decades later, it ended up as a ruined relic of the past. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city, specifically that of St Louis, Missouri, in the developing era after the second world war, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development team and the residents of St. Louis who called the complex home. After WW2, many residents…

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    enter into shelters, instead she would visit emergency rooms to escape from the harsh weather outside. The housing first program was able to give her the home that she had always envisioned for herself. By receiving stable housing she was able to find the stability to work on her mental illnesses and substance abuse problems through the support services offered to her through the housing first program. Today she has been placed in a stable home for over three years and continues to help…

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    Public Housing Law

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    administrator of New York City Housing Authority’s question regarding the New York Public Housing Law §37. Public housing disrepair and low maintenance is not a new issue to New Yorkers. Despite the government's effort to lower the percentage of public housing disrepair, a very small percentage was decreased. There are 520,103 residents in 378 housing projects, where more than 90% of those projects are in need of some kind of immediate repair. The new York’s Housing Authority Department proposed…

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    Groupthink Research Paper

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    Gentrification, Groupthink, and the Right to Housing Introduction What does the right to housing mean? Many perceive the right to housing as a right to refuge from the world, shelter from the elements, a place where a person wants to be, or a place worth fighting for. One can say that the right to housing means less to the majority of housed people, who take this right for granted, than those whose very existence may hinge on this right. The United Nations states that everyone shall have “a…

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    Will the “Housing Denver” plan be a solution to affordable housing for the Metro area? After the Housing Market in Denver, Colorado declined back in 2012, the average house listing price has reached at $455,000 comparing back to 2012 when the average house listing was $207,000. This has become a major issue to new residents moving to the Denver area where the demand for a family home while the inventory is so low, which makes Denver one of the most unaffordable cities in the country. Rent on…

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    Potential Inequality

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    regarded as key to overcoming some issues of housing affordability \cite{yates_rhetoric_2001}. Particular the spatial inequality highlighted by many. Kelly and Donegan \cite*{kelly_city_2015} for example, noted individual examples and by Watling and Taylor \cite*{taylor_long_2011} who emphasised the increasing outward movement of relatively affordable housing as gentrification occurs. Reynolds and Wulff \cite*{reynolds_suburban_2005} identified similar housing market and economic spatial…

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