Supportive housing

In the global city of Washington, DC, gentrification related to affordable housing and social/racial tensions is becoming more and more prevalent. This, in turn, is affecting the future of the community and having adverse implications for the city’s old and new inhabitants. Gentrification is the practice of revitalizing or reforming a community to appeal to higher-class tastes, most often the tastes of the white middle-class. While gentrification is sometimes associated with increases in…

In 1886 Former Toronto Mayor William Holmes Howland coined the term, “Toronto The Good” as his city slogan. (Ruppert, 2006) Derived from associations with middle class, Victorian morality and representing a staunch religious right wing perspective, Toronto was held up as a representative example; thus, according to Frommer’s (tourist guide) it was dubbed “Toronto The Good” (Davidson, 2007). The roots of this label, from where we stand now, are less than ideal. An argument could be made that…

“There are 1.56 million homeless people that used an emergency shelter or transitional housing program this year alone” (Family Promise of Greater Orlando) There is also a capricious number of destitute people living on the streets. One story in contrast would be by a man known as Steve Lopez. Steve Lopez, author of the book The Soloist, gives us an inside on the daily life of a middle aged man known by the name Nathaniel Ayers. Ayers, talented musician, has been living on the streets of Skid…

The effects of local and national politics on racism in postwar Detroit. According to Sugrue, “...most important in shaping the concept of race in the postwar period, I argue, were local and national politics.”(9) While both local and national politics played key roles in the shaping of postwar Detroit, local politics had the greatest impact, good or bad. Under pressure from national groups, such as the NAACP and UAW, congress passed several laws that helped lift the racial boundaries and bias…

Gentrification is seen by most of the public as the buying and renovating of houses, stores and buildings in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by wealthier individuals which increases property values and displaces low-income families. If we look at the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition we see it is defined as the process by which an urban area is rendered middle-class (“gentrifi’cation, n”). Gentrification is more than a renovation to an area or neighborhood, it is a controversial topic of…

As the number of homeless people in the country keeps growing, we wonder what is being done or what has been done to improve this social issue. For most people, when they hear the word homeless they imagine a person that sleeps on a sidewalk, under a tent, or under a bridge. We often fail to realize that the definition of homelessness goes beyond what we imagine. According to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a homeless person or family is someone who lacks a fixed regular residence…

neighborhood’s economy and public housing began to flourish. Federal housing policy reforms were intended to prioritise housing of the poorest , single mothers on welfare and the homeless. Soon the public housing of projects will soon serve as a home to over millions of people over the years. But in 2011 chicago last high rising public housing homes came tumbling down and for those who were living in the projects, there’s a piece of them that was also knocked down. The public housing destruction…

Chris Babin Susan Browning 2017SP Eng 114-31 5/11/17 Charlotte’s Housing Issues Charlotte North Carolina is a rapidly growing metropolis with some really big problems. One of the primary issues is that of affordable housing. While there seems to be a constant growth in the building of homes and apartments in the area, many of these are priced out of reach for the average person. The average market price for an apartment in the Charlotte region has increased by nearly 35 percent. And there does…

Affordable housing advocates in Philadelphia believes that the city needs a strategy to guarantee some amount of affordable housing in neighborhoods that are receiving large amounts of private investment. According the PEW Trust, Philadelphia already have a number of policies and programs in place that are relevant to the changes taking place in gentrified neighborhoods. There are numerous strategies and ideas on the table to address gentrification in Philadelphia. The three attainable goals to…

area. Purchase an empty lot at a trailer park that doesn't have restrictions on the type of buildings they accept. Rural areas are often more open to alternative living situations because they want more people to move to the area. Migrant housing property is often an option here. You May Have Issues With Building…