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American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook, 3rd Edition (Contemporary World Issues)

Mary Ellen Hombs

 
9781576072479: American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook, 3rd Edition (Contemporary World Issues)

Synopsis

With 50 percent new material, this third edition breaks this complex topic into key elements, examining the roots of the problem, programs that address it, current research, and public perceptions of homelessness.

American Homelessness covers who the homeless are and why they are in such a situation; important events that have contributed to the problem; and a who's who of homelessness activism including people such as MacArthur Fellow Robert M. Hayes, the former securities lawyer who filed the landmark New York City right-to-shelter case in l979. It also includes a chronology; facts and statistics; key documents and reports; a discussion of the International Bill of Rights; a directory of organizations, associations, and government agencies; and an annotated bibliography.

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About the Author

Mary Ellen Hombs is in a senior staff position at the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. She is the author of ABC-CLIO's Welfare Reform and the first edition of AIDS Crisis in America.

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