Affordable Housing and The Homeless

Paper Summary:

The paper examines affordable housing availability - provision, guidelines, regulations, funding and other relative factors - and the examination of the homeless population in terms of why they are homeless, what led to them being in the homeless condition, if their needs are being met and how. The paper investigates new initiatives that have been implemented to reach the large homeless population in the United States. The writer designs a study to explore these questions.

Outline:
Objective
Statement of Thesis
Statement of The Problem
History of The Problem and Literature Review
I. Affordable Housing Options
II. Causes of Homelessness
III. Demographics of The Homeless Population the The U.S.
IV. New York's Blueprint
V. Landmark Study
VI. Importance of the Provision of Assistance in Obtaining Housing
VII. Prevention
Methodology
Data Gathering and Data Analysis
Scope of the Survey/Questionnaire
Country Designation Guidelines
Approximate Costs of this Research Project
Consideration of Ethical Factors
Feasibility of the Research
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"The findings of research in an Iowa study states that of those who are homeless in the State of Iowa 60% of those are children. While this is enough to suggest critical research needs, state as well are findings that in areas of the state that are rural, non-metropolitan areas, the group of homeless are comprised of larger percentages than in metropolitan areas homeless population. Obviously, this area of research has been overlooked by researchers in this field and that is the research with its' primary focus the homeless children of rural and non-metropolitan areas of the United States."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Toro, Paul A. and Wolfe, Susan M. (2004) Conducting Case Control Studies Involving Homeless Samples.
• The Causes (2006) National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Online available at http://www.hlchp.org/FA_HAPIA/causes.cfm.
• The Solutions (2006) National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Online available at http://www.hlchp.org/FA_HAPIA/causes.cfm
• Overview (2006) National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Online available at http://www.hlchp.org/FA_HAPIA/causes.cfm.
• Report Warns More Laws Criminalizing Homelessness: New Study Finds 20 Meanest Cities and Constructive Alternatives to a Dream Denied (2006) National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Online available at http://www.hlchp.org/FA_HAPIA/causes.cfm.

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