Homelessness in America: A Reference Handbook

394 Pages·2022·19.52 MB·English

by  Michele Wakin

Homelessness in America
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CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES
Homelessness in
America
A REFERENCE HANDBOOK
Michele Wakin
Copyright © 2022 by ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wakin, Michele, author.
Title: Homelessness in America: a reference handbook / Michele
Wakin.
Description: Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, [2022] |
Series: Contemporary world issues | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021040475 (print) | LCCN 2021040476
(ebook) | ISBN 9781440874857 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781440874864 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Homelessness—United States—History.
Classification: LCC HV4504 .W3244 2022 (print) | LCC
HV4504 (ebook) | DDC 362.8/920973—dc23
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Contents
Preface, xv
1 Background and History, 3
Overview of Crisis Points, 6
Crisis Point #1: The Great Depression, 7
The New Deal and the Common Man, 13
A Period of Transition, 16
Crisis Point #2: The 1980s, 18
New Homelessness, 21
Trends in Social Welfare Investment, 25
Federal Homeless Legislation, 28
Counting the Homeless Population, 31
Crisis Point #3: The Bush Economy and the
Great Recession, 34
The Continuum of Care, 38
Who Is Homeless in This Era?, 40
Conclusion, 43
References, 46
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