A Shelter Is Not a Home...Or Is It? Lessons from Family Homelessness in New York City
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 1/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 1/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 1/5.
Description
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.