In the Midst of Plenty - Homelessness and What to Do About It

This book focuses on homelessness in the United States, with comparisons to other developed countries in societies with the resources to end homelessness.

List of contents

Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
1 Who Becomes Homeless? 5
2 What Causes Homelessness? 33
3 Ending Homelessness for People Who Experience It 71
4 Comprehensive Efforts to End Homelessness 91
5 Preventing Homelessness for People at Risk 121
6 Changing Societal Conditions that Generate Homelessness 149
References 179
Index 213

About the author

MARYBETH SHINN, PHD, is a Cornelius Vanderbilt professor at Vanderbilt University. She co-led the Family Options Study of different approaches to ending family homelessness, evaluated the initial study of the Pathways Housing First experiment, and developed a model used by New York City to target its homelessness prevention services. JILL KHADDURI, PHD, is a principal associate and senior fellow at Abt Associates. She co-leads the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), has played leading roles in several important studies of both homelessness and housing policy for two decades, and served as Director of the Policy Development Division of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Product details

• Authors: Jill Khadduri, Beth Shinn, M Shinn, Marybeth Shinn, Marybeth Khadduri Shinn, Shinn Marybeth
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2020
• EAN: 9781405181259
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8125-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Contemporary Social Issues and; Contemporary Social Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, chemistry