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Homelessness in the Midlands: Diminishing Rent Assistance in Charleston Area
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Diminishing Rent Assistance in Charleston Area. While rent subsidies and housing voucher programs do draw from our available tax revenues, the amount of money invested in housing can be the difference between living in a stable home or entering a homeless condition. Photo courtesy of Brad Nettles, Post and Courier. Also interest...
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Homelessness in the Midlands: Community Assists Homeless Grandmother Find Housing
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Monday, August 22, 2011. Community Assists Homeless Grandmother Find Housing. From The State newspaper. A York County (SC) woman was living in a makeshift tent with her 7 year-old grandson while unhoused last week. While the woman did receive some welfare benefits, they were sufficient to transition her and her grandchild into permanent housing.
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Homelessness in the Midlands: Increasing Homeless Population Includes More Female Vets
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Sunday, August 14, 2011. Increasing Homeless Population Includes More Female Vets. Picture via U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. The Fayetteville Observer has released an important story about the increasingly complex picture of homelessness in the Midlands: female veterans of foreign wars. More Homeless Female Veterans - Fayetteville Observer.
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Homelessness in the Midlands: September 2011
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Dept of Labor Advances Funds for Homeless Vets. Photo courtesy Elvert Barnes @ Flickr. This is something I missed at the beginning of August: funding to help homeless vets transition. Says, "The billion is the new million."). This, in conjunction with President Obama's proposed payroll tax breaks. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Homelessness in the Midlands: Subpopulations of the Homeless
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Monday, August 22, 2011. Subpopulations of the Homeless. From the National Alliance to End Homelessness, this graphic describes the national composition of homeless subpopulations. Though the data is from 2008-2009, I believe this chart does help visually describe what the modern landscape of homelessness looks like. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Homelessness in the Midlands: Dept. of Labor Advances Funds for Homeless Vets
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Dept of Labor Advances Funds for Homeless Vets. Photo courtesy Elvert Barnes @ Flickr. This is something I missed at the beginning of August: funding to help homeless vets transition. Says, "The billion is the new million."). This, in conjunction with President Obama's proposed payroll tax breaks.
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Homelessness in the Midlands: Housing Chronically Homeless Saves $ in Emergency Care
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Thursday, August 11, 2011. Housing Chronically Homeless Saves $ in Emergency Care. A new HUD report details how providing supportive housing to the chronically homeless may actually save money in the long-run: by decreasing the amount of money the tax-base expends treating medical conditions that arise in part due to the conditions of long-term homelessness.
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Homelessness in the Midlands: Images of Homelessness
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Santa Clara University is hosting a new exhibit featuring artists' images of homelessness. For those of you who are visual learners or just enjoy emotionally evocative artwork, check out their online feature " Hobos to Street People. Thanks to the National Coalition for the Homeless' twitter feed. For making me aware of the work.
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Homelessness in the Midlands: August 2011
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Homelessness in the Midlands. News and sociological perspectives on homelessness issues and housing inequality in and around Columbia, South Carolina. Monday, August 22, 2011. Subpopulations of the Homeless. From the National Alliance to End Homelessness, this graphic describes the national composition of homeless subpopulations. Though the data is from 2008-2009, I believe this chart does help visually describe what the modern landscape of homelessness looks like. From The State newspaper. The Fayettevi...