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A shelter is not a home... or is it? : lesson familly homelessness in New York City / Ralpha da Costa Nunez

By:

NUNEZ, Ralph da Costa

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newa York : White Tiger Press, c2004.Description: xxiii, 139p. : ill. ; 21cmISBN:

0-99714425-0-2

Subject(s):

Shelters for the homeless -- New York (State)

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 301 NUN

Summary: Have shelters become permanent fixtures on the poverty landscape? By exploring the evolution of New York Citys shelter system over a twenty-three year period, this work suggests that shelters have perhaps become a surrogate for traditional low-income housing. It explores various policy initiatives implemented by four city administrations, explains how congregate shelters, welfare hotels, and transitional housing grew, and looks at why, despite all efforts, the problem has only been exacerbated.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Social Science	301 NUN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005010

Includes bibliography and index

Have shelters become permanent fixtures on the poverty landscape? By exploring the evolution of New York Citys shelter system over a twenty-three year period, this work suggests that shelters have perhaps become a surrogate for traditional low-income housing. It explores various policy initiatives implemented by four city administrations, explains how congregate shelters, welfare hotels, and transitional housing grew, and looks at why, despite all efforts, the problem has only been exacerbated.

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