دانلود کتاب In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It

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Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 7
Copyright Page......Page 8
Contents......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 17
In the Midst of Plenty......Page 19
Introduction......Page 21
Chapter 1 Who Becomes Homeless?......Page 25
Where People Sleep: Definitions of Homelessness......Page 28
Data Sources......Page 30
Families with Children......Page 33
Adults on Their Own......Page 35
People with Chronic Patterns of Homelessness......Page 36
Youth......Page 37
Age, Race, and Gender......Page 39
Changes Over Time......Page 41
Total Numbers Over a Day, a Year, or a Lifetime......Page 44
The Importance of Time Frames......Page 46
Challenges Faced by People Experiencing Homelessness......Page 47
Summary......Page 50
Chapter 2 What Causes Homelessness?......Page 53
Homelessness, Poverty, and Inequality in an International Context......Page 55
Increasing “Deep Poverty” in the United States......Page 59
Family Poverty and Antipoverty Programs......Page 60
Poverty for Childless Adults and Antipoverty Programs......Page 61
Income Volatility......Page 63
Poverty, Housing, and Homelessness......Page 64
Evidence from Time Trends......Page 65
Evidence from Locations where Homelessness is more Prevalent......Page 68
Evidence from Housing Policies......Page 71
Cultural Attitudes, Social Welfare Policy, and Social Exclusion......Page 72
Racism, Social Exclusion, and Homelessness......Page 73
Income......Page 74
Wealth......Page 75
Housing......Page 76
Incarceration......Page 79
Mental Illnesses and Other Disabilities......Page 81
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity......Page 85
Social Isolation......Page 86
Domestic Violence......Page 88
Bad Luck......Page 89
Summary......Page 90
Long-Term Rental Subsidies for Families......Page 91
Perverse Incentives......Page 97
Psychosocial Services......Page 98
Subsidies Plus Voluntary Services for High Needs Individuals......Page 99
Pathways to Housing......Page 102
At Home/Chez Soi......Page 105
Other Approaches for High-Needs Individuals......Page 108
Summary......Page 110
The Homeless Services System......Page 111
Emergency Shelters......Page 112
Transitional Housing......Page 113
Time-Limited Subsidies: Rapid Re-Housing......Page 117
Permanent Supportive Housing......Page 124
Making the System Work to End Homelessness......Page 126
Making the System More Efficient and Effective......Page 128
Focused Efforts to End Chronic Homelessness......Page 130
Nashville and Los Angeles......Page 131
Reducing Homelessness for Veterans......Page 135
The Finnish Model......Page 136
Summary......Page 138
Chapter 5 Preventing Homelessness for People at Risk......Page 141
Evaluating Prevention for People at High Risk: Efficiency and Effectiveness......Page 142
Efficient Allocation of Prevention Services......Page 146
Evaluating Effectiveness......Page 149
Permanent Deep Housing Subsidies......Page 151
Eviction Prevention: Cash Assistance......Page 153
Community-Based Services: New York City’s HomeBase......Page 154
Universal Screening for Veterans......Page 156
Housing Subsidies with Supportive Services for People with Mental Illnesses......Page 157
Shallow, Permanent Subsidies......Page 158
Eviction Prevention: Landlord–Tenant Mediation......Page 159
Extended Resources for Youth Leaving Foster Care......Page 160
Help for People Reentering the Community from Jails and Prisons......Page 161
Flexible Cash Grants to Low‐Income Households......Page 164
Integrating Homelessness and Antipoverty Service Systems......Page 165
Progressive Engagement......Page 166
Summary......Page 168
Housing......Page 169
Expanding Housing Vouchers......Page 170
Less Expensive Housing Subsidies for Poor Renters......Page 173
Deeper Targeting of Rent Subsidies......Page 175
Temporary Rent Subsidies......Page 176
Rent Subsidies Through the Tax System......Page 177
Housing Subsidies for Particularly Vulnerable Groups......Page 178
Building Housing for Poor Renters......Page 179
Supporting Work and Earnings......Page 185
Broad-Based Transfer Programs......Page 187
Income Support for Families......Page 188
Child Care......Page 189
Income Support for People with Disabilities......Page 190
Counteracting Income Volatility—Overcoming Bad Luck......Page 191
Countering Social Exclusion......Page 192
Tradeoffs and Combinations for Making Housing Affordable......Page 194
Summary......Page 195
Finding the Political Will to End Homelessness......Page 196
References......Page 199
Index......Page 233
EULA......Page 249