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List of Exhibits | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
About the Contributors | p. xvii |
IntroductionJon Erickson | p. xix |
Introduction to the Transaction Edition | p. xxxix |
Images of the Homeless | |
Homeless in America | p. 3 |
Street People | p. 17 |
New York's Homeless Families | p. 26 |
Diary of a Homeless Man | p. 37 |
Time in the Streets | p. 53 |
Background and Politics | |
The Life of the Homeless | p. 73 |
The Homeless of New York | p. 82 |
The Politics of Displacement: Sinking Into Homelessness | p. 106 |
The Emergence of the Homeless as a Public Problem | p. 113 |
The Importance of Numbers | |
The Extent of Homelessness in America: A Report to the Secretary on the Homeless and Emergency Shelters U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | p. 127 |
A Strategy for Helping America's Homeless | p. 144 |
Testimony on A Report to the Secretary on the Homeless and Emergency Shelters | p. 150 |
Testimony on A Report to the Secretary on the Homeless and Emergency Shelters | p. 156 |
Who Are the Homeless and Why? | |
Skid Row as an Urban Neighborhood, 1880-1960 | p. 167 |
An Introduction to Chicago's Skid Rows Survey Results | p. 190 |
A Descriptive Portrait of the S.R.O. World | p. 223 |
Gentrification and Homelessness: The Single Room Occupant and the Inner City Revival | p. 241 |
The Homelessness Problem | p. 253 |
Deinstitutionalization and the Homeless Mentally III | p. 262 |
The Plight of Homeless Women | p. 279 |
Shelters for Battered Women: A Temporary Escape From Danger or the First Step Toward Divorce? | p. 295 |
Solutions to the Problem | |
Litigation in Advocacy for the Homeless: The Case of New York City | p. 303 |
Federal Housing Programs and Their Impact on Homelessness | p. 315 |
A Model of Services to Homeless Families in Shelters | p. 322 |
Homelessness: A Comprehensive Policy Approach | p. 335 |
Resources | |
New Jersey Housing Assistance Program for the Homeless: Demonstration Program Design New Jersey Department of Community Affairs | p. 349 |
City of Chicago Model Zoning, Building, and Shelter Standards Task Force on Emergency Shelter | p. 355 |
Comparative Shelter Construction and Operation Cost Estimates | p. 363 |
Community Relations Strategies | p. 376 |
Program Design and Management U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | p. 389 |
Summary of Major Federal Programs Assisting the Homeless U.S. General Accounting Office | p. 409 |
Bibliography | p. 413 |
Index | p. 421 |
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