Homelessness
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| Prior to what year was homelessness not widespread? | show 🗑
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| show | The Federal government spends nearly $2 billion per year on a myriad of programs and organizations designed to address the problem of homelessness.
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| show | Over the course of a year between 2.3 and 3.5 million people will experience homelessness
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| What factors contribute to homelessness? | show 🗑
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| What social changes have contributed to unsustainable communities and housing markets? | show 🗑
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| How does neighborhood disinvestment affect family and individual health and well-being? | show 🗑
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| How can planners help to reduce homelessness? | show 🗑
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| show | It limits a community's ability to move people from shelters to permanent housing.
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| show | To improve communities by addressing existing and future needs.
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| What does Section A-5 of AICP Code of Ethics (amended Oct 1991) state? | show 🗑
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| How does federal law define a homeless person? | show 🗑
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| show | In rural areas, homeless persons likely live w/ relatives or friends in overcrowded or substandard housing, or less-than-habitable outbuildings. Stays are sequential (floating from one home to another). These are the "hidden homeless"
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| show | General categorization based on research of Randall Kuhn and Dennis Culhane which provides a framework for considering how best to address and prevent homelessness
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| show | Transitionally homeless - move quickly through homeless assistance system, principal need is housing; Chronically homeless - long-term homelessness typically associated with health or substance abuse problems in addition to extreme proverty
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| show | Families with children
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| What two things contribute to risk of homelessness? | show 🗑
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| What percentage of the homeless population are made up of families with children? | show 🗑
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| show | Poverty, unemployment/underemployment, lack of affordable housing
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| show | Domestic violence, lack of affordable health care, mental illness and substance abuse
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| show | Local public & private nonprofit orgs deliver a wide range of shelter & supportive svcs. They address immediate need for housing, but lack addt'l svcs. Fed gov is encouraging collaborative planning at all levels to better coordinate various programs.
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| What is the cost of homelessness? | show 🗑
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| show | A Comprehensive Plan Housing Element determines housing needs and priorities, and sets forth policies and strategies to meet housing priorities
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| What is contributing to the shortage of affordable and supportive housing? | show 🗑
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| show | Process mandated by U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development as a prerequisite to receipt of federal housing and homeless funds
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| What is the benefit of the Continuum of Care Planning? | show 🗑
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| What is the shortfall of the Continuum of Care Planning? | show 🗑
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| show | Neighborhood opposition, space requirements, development regulations that are unnecessary and unrealistic, fear of decreased property values and increased crime
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