Homelessness & Housing
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From  NEW! Acknowledgements; About the authors; Endnotes |
This section contains the author’s acknowledgements, information about the contributors of this book, and the endnotes. | James Hughes | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Confronting Financialization to Prevent Homelessness |
In this chapter, Katlin Schwan asks us to consider how financialization, specifically the financialization of housing is contributing to the homelessness epidemic. Increasing rental prices, the … | Kaitlin Schwan | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Turning Off the TapPreventing Homelessness for Victims of Violence |
Chapter Two discusses the pipeline for victims of intimate partner violence into homelessness. Author Pearl Eliadis discusses the lack of second stage housing, emergency housing, the need for … | Pearl Eliadis | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! How Is Incarceration Generating Homelessness and What Can Be Done? |
In this chapter, Art Campbell examines how incarceration leads to homelessness. By speaking with experts, using case studies and studying solutions he offers strategies to prevent this. | Art Campbell | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Youth HomelessnessHow to Prevent It |
in this chapter author Cécile Arbaud looks at the many factors that lead to youth becoming homeless. Youth in care, youth experiencing mental health crises and their complex factors provide … | Cécile Arbaud | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Preventing Homelessness among People with Mental Illness |
Chapter 5 tackles mental illness as it relates to homelessness. Examining the complex ways in which individuals with mental illness fall into homelessness and barriers that nonlinear or rational … | Eric Latimer | 113 | 2024 | $11.30 Add |
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From NEW! How a Shelter Can Prevent HomelessnessPrevention Services at the Old Brewery Mission106 |
George Ohana’s Chapter on shelters looks at how current shelters can adapt and evolves to offer solutions to end homelessness instead of just treating the symptoms. By looking at policy, … | Georges Ohana | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Homelessness PreventionAn Anishinaabe Perspective |
In Chapter 7 Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat offers an Indigenous perspective on homelessness, the concept of shelter, and the displacement from traditional lands that have exacerbated homelessness … | Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Namerind Story |
Robert Byers’ Chapter 8 follows his story of creating Indigenous owned affordable housing. Through his company he has been able to provide Indigenous focused affordable housing for member … | Robert Byers | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Our Culture Is Our CodeHow to Prevent Homelessness in the First Nation World |
In chapter 9 Michale rice talk s about his decades of experience working within his community and along side others to transform the way reserves are run, turning them from dependant to … | Michael L. Rice | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! ConclusionA Homelessness Prevention Agenda |
In the conclusion James Hughes reiterates the need for systemic change to prevent homelessness. In his word " preventing homelessness requires the implementation of a range of diverse system … | James Hughes | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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NEW! Ending Homelessness in CanadaThe Case for Homelessness Prevention |
Homelessness is at critical levels. This book identifies the causes and offers ideas about what it will take to prevent Canadians from finding themselves without a roof over their head. More … | James Hughes | 186 | 2024 | View |
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From NEW! Index |
a collection of relevant terms and concepts and where they appear in the text. | James Hughes | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From  July 2020: The Lie of Personal ResponsibilityFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto examines the neoliberal politics employed by politicians and the media to encourage a sense of individual responsibility to prevent further spread of the virus. Loreto … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Living with a DisabilityFrom: Making a Home |
Powley reflects on what it is like to live with a disability. She discusses the need for group homes, ableism, accessible accommodation, and her own personal experiences living in Nova Scotia as … | Jen Powley | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
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NEW! Making a HomeAssisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People |
In some Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their … | Jen Powley | 136 | 2023 | View |
