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Group discussion: What causes homelessness?
Nov 10
Listen to this podcast from Monday’s Think Out Loud (on Oregon Public Radio), and
Read from at least three of the following sources. Some are sites with lots of content, others are simply news stories or reports of a sort. Choose the sources that allow you to learn from different perspectives (and of course answer some questions in class).
- National Alliance to End Homelessness (variety of source material).
- David Wagner. 1993. Checkerboard Square: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community. Boulder, CO: Westview Press (chapter 1).
- Data Smart City Solutions (from Harvard, various sources)
- Victoria Vantal. 2019. A different kind of homelessness in Rural America. Dec 11, Invisible People.
- Prakash Thambipilai and John Ecker. 12 considerations for addressing housing and homelessness in Canada. July 6, Homlesshub.ca.
- Mahwish Moiz. 2022. Cities that have solved homelessness. July 19, CAUF Society. (not all agree SLC has ‘solved’ homelessness)
- Gary Warth. 2022. What causes homelessness? It’s not drugs or mental illness, researchers say. July 11, San Diego Tribune.
- Square One Villages (Eugene)
Don’t forget to bring your abstract to class, or submit it as an attachment via email. Guidelines here.