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Foreword by Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness

This book explains how to end the U.S. homelessness crisis by bringing together the best scholarship on the subject and sharing solutions that both local communities and national policy-makers can apply now.

In the Midst of Plenty shifts understanding of homelessness away from individual disability to larger contexts of poverty, income inequality, housing affordability, and social exclusion. Homelessness experts Shinn and Khadduri provide guidance on how to end homelessness for people who experience it and how to prevent so many people from reaching the point where they have no alternative to sleeping on the street or in emergency shelters. The authors show that we know how to end homelessnessif we devote the necessary resources to doing so.

In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It is an excellent resource for policy-makers, profe

Table 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

In the Midst of Plenty

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 20 February 2020
      ISBN-13 9781405181242
      978-1405181242
      ISBN-10 1405181249
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Foreword by Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness

      This book explains how to end the U.S. homelessness crisis by bringing together the best scholarship on the subject and sharing solutions that both local communities and national policy-makers can apply now.

      In the Midst of Plenty shifts understanding of homelessness away from individual disability to larger contexts of poverty, income inequality, housing affordability, and social exclusion. Homelessness experts Shinn and Khadduri provide guidance on how to end homelessness for people who experience it and how to prevent so many people from reaching the point where they have no alternative to sleeping on the street or in emergency shelters. The authors show that we know how to end homelessnessif we devote the necessary resources to doing so.

      In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It is an excellent resource for policy-makers, profe

      Table 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

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