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9/16 Homelessness
Homelessness
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prior to what year was homelessness not widespread? | Before 1980, the U.S. didn't experience widespread homelessness. |
| How much per year does the federal government spend on homelessness? | The Federal government spends nearly $2 billion per year on a myriad of programs and organizations designed to address the problem of homelessness. |
| How many people will experience homelessness in a year? | Over the course of a year between 2.3 and 3.5 million people will experience homelessness |
| What factors contribute to homelessness? | Escalating housing costs since 1980, accelerated loss of affordable housing stock, declining rental assistance, and decreased affordability and availability of family support services |
| What social changes have contributed to unsustainable communities and housing markets? | Deindustrialization of central cities, suburbanization and concentration of urban poverty |
| How does neighborhood disinvestment affect family and individual health and well-being? | Neighborhood disinvestment contributes to the substitution of underground markets, including the trade of illegal drugs |
| How can planners help to reduce homelessness? | By determining local housing needs through comprehensive plans, removing regulatory and legal barriers to development of affordable and supportive housing, fostering community support for permanent housing for the homeless |
| How does the lack of affordable housing affect homelessness? | It limits a community's ability to move people from shelters to permanent housing. |
| What is a planners most fundamental responsibility? | To improve communities by addressing existing and future needs. |
| What does Section A-5 of AICP Code of Ethics (amended Oct 1991) state? | Planners "must strive to expand choice and opportunity for all persons, recognizing a special responsibility to plan for the needs of disadvantaged groups" Planners must "urge the alteration of policies, institutions and decisions which oppose such needs" |
| How does federal law define a homeless person? | no or inadequate nighttime residence or night residence in shelter, institution or place not ordinarily used as a place for human sleeping |
| Why does the federal definition of a homeless person not work for rural areas? | 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" |
| How does the Millennial Housing Commission categorize homelessness? | General categorization based on research of Randall Kuhn and Dennis Culhane which provides a framework for considering how best to address and prevent homelessness |
| What are the two types of homelessness categorized by the Millennial Housing Commission? | 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 |
| What is one of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population? | Families with children |
| What two things contribute to risk of homelessness? | High housing costs and precarious, low-wage employment leave many American families today only a paycheck, illness, or car breakdown away from homelessness. |
| What percentage of the homeless population are made up of families with children? | According to a 2000 survey of 25 cities conducted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors found that 36 percent of the homeless population is composed of families with children. |
| What are the principal reasons for homelessness? | Poverty, unemployment/underemployment, lack of affordable housing |
| What other factors contribute to homelessness? | Domestic violence, lack of affordable health care, mental illness and substance abuse |
| What is being done to help the homeless? | 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. |
| What is the cost of homelessness? | Homeless use public systems in inefficient & costly ways. Cost is shifted to law enforcement/corrections/health care/welfare/education and other systems. Recent study in N.Y. found homeless avg $40,500 in health/shelter/correctional svcs each yr |
| How is the need for emergency, transitional, and permanent housing for homeless populations best evaluated? | A Comprehensive Plan Housing Element determines housing needs and priorities, and sets forth policies and strategies to meet housing priorities |
| What is contributing to the shortage of affordable and supportive housing? | An increasingly inadequate supply of appropriately zoned land. Low cost housing fails to maximize profits for developers and results in reduced tax revenues to local governments. |
| What is Continuum of Care Planning? | Process mandated by U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development as a prerequisite to receipt of federal housing and homeless funds |
| What is the benefit of the Continuum of Care Planning? | Helps service providers evaluate community needs, identify gaps and duplication of services, and establishes local priorities for use of grant dollars. |
| What is the shortfall of the Continuum of Care Planning? | Focuses on helping communities respond to homelessness rather than preventing it |
| What are the barriers to providing affordable and supportive housing? | Neighborhood opposition, space requirements, development regulations that are unnecessary and unrealistic, fear of decreased property values and increased crime |
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