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The Housing Choice Voucher Program, also known as Section 8, is influenced by multiple policy actors, various interest groups, and sub-committees. These actors provide the education, research, and support needed to keep the policy flourishing and to also to make sure it is running efficiently. The Section 8 program began in 1974 by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is responsible for funding this subsidy program yet there are many aspects that come…

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 rigorous when it comes to finding acceptance…

Mental health issues are common among homeless people, and number of homeless people is increasing in Chicago. An analysis by the CCH estimates that 125,848 Chicagoans were homeless in the course of the 2014-15 (Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 2015). According to the Health Care for the Homeless, approximately 39% or about one third of homeless people go through mental diagnosis, but “lack of documentation, lack of transportation, and difficulty adhering to treatment regimens prevent many…

lead to the start of the Apollo Program. Since NASA’s budget increased it meant that they wanted to get a man on the moon so bad that they would do anything at any cost. NASA became involved because Vostok 1 gave them motivation and it lead to Apollo 8 orbiting the moon and and Apollo 11 landing safely on the moon. Vostok 1 lead to the US wanting to get further into space exploration. That made the Space Race take off as everyone scrambled to edge out each other. At the end of it the US won the…

Patricia Ratcliff was born on May 5, 1964 in Oaxaca, Mexico. She lived most of her life in Mexico, where she became very successful in her academic career. She attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she graduated as a pediatric dentist in 1991. Almost immediately after graduating from college, she gave birth to her first daughter named Dirce and seven years later, Patricia gave birth to her son, Jose. This is not what defines Patricia Ratcliff. What truly defines her, is…

Technology today is a great assistant for many daily tasks to people all over the world. It can be used for anything as simple as looking up directions to get somewhere to getting research to help create a presentation. The Internet helps display information that has been posted by people all over the world with a wide range of knowledge. Part of the reason it is so great is because it is easily accessed. The Internet is becoming more and more commonly used in the learning environment, and…

I have conducted an interview with a sixty-two-year-old nurse to develop a better understanding of non-sharable problems and of rationalization. I was surprised with the understanding of these terms my interviewee had without really hearing the terms used often in her life. She told me of encounters she has had personally with rationalization and non-sharable problems, and she also told me of stories of co-workers and friends who faced similar issues. The main thing I took away from the…

Awakening into the reality that is “the real world” can be rough and turbulent. Adolescents go through significant phases in their journey of figuring out who they are and how they fit into the fabric of everyday life. The first one being the naive phase; this is where we believe we know everything there is to know. This is the stagnant phase where we cannot see change and think about forever in the most literal sense. Second is the turbulent phase; where we find ourselves rebelling to anything…

My proposal is about homelessness in America and what is the city doing to huse the homeless people dispite the overcrowdeding of the shelter. This social issue is a major to our society because the need for helping the unfornutate poeple. There are many orgainization to help the lives of homesless people but sometmes the mental health matter gets in way. Even thought he syllabus saiddirectly to not discuss a social problem that has been disguss in class, I feel the homeless problem is important…

General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on the different ways the organization of National Coalition for the homeless work together to prevent or help to end homelessness. Thesis: As a society we need to work together by being a part of the resolution to help end this war on homelessness. Transition: Homelessness affects all walks of life. INTRODUCTION I. Have you ever experienced what it feels to be homeless? II. There are many single individuals, veterans…