The Real Face of Homelessness. Joel Stein.
by Stein, Joel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 2Family. Publisher: Time, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Federal aid to human services | Homeless families | Homeless persons -- Housing | Homeless persons -- Services for | Housing -- Costs | Shelters for the homeless | UnemploymentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "With a freak-show economy in which unemployment has reached 6%--a 50% increase since November 2000--but housing prices have stayed at or near historic highs, the number of homeless appears to be at its highest in at least a decade in a wide range of places across the U.S." (TIME) This article examines the reasons why families are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population and evaluates possible solutions to the problem.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 18 Create a World Where Babies Aren't Abandoned. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 18 Law Aims to Protect Abandoned Children. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 19 Emily Guey Confronts a Painful Childhood. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 2 The Real Face of Homelessness. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 2 No Place Like Home. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 2 Are Shelters the Answer to Family Homelessness?. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 2 Small Towns Confront an Urban Problem. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: The Real Face of Homelessness, Jan. 20, 2003; pp. 52-61.
"With a freak-show economy in which unemployment has reached 6%--a 50% increase since November 2000--but housing prices have stayed at or near historic highs, the number of homeless appears to be at its highest in at least a decade in a wide range of places across the U.S." (TIME) This article examines the reasons why families are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population and evaluates possible solutions to the problem.
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