Helping America's Homeless by Martha R Burt Phd

Helping America's Homeless by Martha R Burt Phd

Homelessness has now been on the American policy agenda for close to two decades. In 1989, when the Urban Institute published America's Homeless, by Martha R. Burt and Barbara Cohen, policymakers and the public may have hoped that we could end the crisis relatively quickly. The arrival of the new millenium has not fulfilled that expectation. In this new volume, Helping America's Homeless, Martha Burt and coauthors returns to the problem with the most in-depth analysis of homelessness that has ever been published. Drawing on data from the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC), and extending their pioneering work, the authors examine every aspect of the issue, from how many homeless people there are, where they are, why they became homeless, to how long their homelessness lasts. They explore the programs that provide assistance to the homeless, and how they are configured within communities of different sizes. Finally, the authors look at how policymakers have approached this problem, and our prospects for solving the crisis in the new millenium.blem, and our prospects for solving the crisis in the new millenium.blem, and our prospects for solving the crisis in the new millenium.blem, and our prospects for solving the crisis in the new millenium.

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ISBN 13	9780877667018
ISBN 10	0877667012
Title	Helping America's Homeless
Author	Martha R Burt Phd
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Urban Institute Press,U.S.
Year published	2001-01-01
Number of pages	366
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