Housing and homelessness

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In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson traveled to Kentucky's Martin County to declare war on poverty.

Freiheit statt Sicherheit, Abenteuer statt Gewohnheit und vor allem Erfüllung statt Wohlstand.

Die Mieten steigen seit Monaten exorbitant, und das nicht nur in den Zentren deutscher Großstädte.

Over the past decade, rental costs and home purchase prices have risen rapidly, leading to increasing social discontent and political pressure.

Over the past decade, rental costs and home purchase prices have risen rapidly, leading to increasing social discontent and political pressure.

Ein packender Lebensbericht einer ehemaligen Wohnungslosen und ein Aufruf zur Unterstützung obdachloser FrauenLinda Rennings, selbst einst obdachlos, kämpft heute für Frauen auf der Straße.

Die deutsche Wirtschaft wächst, die Welt bewundert Deutschland für seine Kraft, Stabilität und Weltoffenheit.

For nearly four decades, China's manufacturing boom has been powered by the labor of 287 million rural migrant workers, who travel seasonally between villages where they farm for subsistence and cities where they work.

Informal Housing in the Global North proposes analytical and conceptual approaches to investigate the progressing 'informalisation' of contemporary housing in the Global North and beyond.

In this rich cultural history, Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines Americas ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homelessness.

Discover the inspirational and true story of Charles Mully, from his beginning as a poor abandoned six-year-old Kenyan boy who goes on to defeat all odds and grows up to become a successful, powerful and very rich entrepreneur.

"e;This is a book ripped from the headlines, from Black Lives Matter to recently thriving downtowns stripped of office workers and service workers.

A vivid and enlightening oral account of homelessness in the Las Vegas storm drains and the hard work of re-entering mainstream society.

Municipalities around the world have increasingly used inclusionary housing programs to address their housing shortages.

In Break the Caste, George Gerharz unmasks common American misperceptions of poverty, inequality, and social mobility.

This report marks the first stage of AFSUN,s goal of expanding knowledge about urban food systems and experiences of household food insecurity in secondary African cities.

This report argues that it is essential to understand the dynamics of the informal food retail sector because of its vital role in ensuring greater access to food by the urban poor.

The nadir of Zimbabwe,s political and economic crisis in 2008 coincided with the implementation of a baseline household food security survey in Harare by AFSUN.

Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas.

This book looks at slums and social exclusion in the four major megacities of India and Brazil, and analyzes the interrelationships between urban policies and housing and environmental issues.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

The winner of 3 book awards as best book in it's category, Bent Hope was born out of Tim Huff's first twenty years of unique and extensive work among homeless and street-involved youth and adults, in one of North America's largest urban centres-Toronto, Canada.

San Francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north from Silicon Valley.

The housing problems of older people in our society are highly topical because of the growing number of retired people in the population and, especially, the yet-to-come increasing number of 'very old' people.

Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields.

For the past century, governments have been compelled, time and again, to return to the search for solutions to the housing and economic challenges posed by a restructuring countryside.

Despite the improved supply and quality of housing in the UK and Europe over the last 60 years, the future of housing remains uncertain.

This book is an examination of the law of land registration in England and Wales, in the light of the Land Registration Act 2002, and in particular at the way land registration is influenced by, and in turn influences, the evolution of land law as a whole.

This book is an examination of the law of land registration in England and Wales, in the light of the Land Registration Act 2002, and in particular at the way land registration is influenced by, and in turn influences, the evolution of land law as a whole.

Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition.

There is 'no place like home' sighs Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.

What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce themDeep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children.

In Urban Warfare, Rolnik charts how the financialisation of housing has become a global crisis, as models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world.

This book, from social theorist Peter King, considers how a dwelling can protect and promote both our anxieties and our relationships.

This book, from social theorist Peter King, considers how a dwelling can protect and promote both our anxieties and our relationships.

Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas.

Home to eighty thousand people, Accra's Old Fadama neighbourhood is the largest illegal slum in Ghana.

Home to eighty thousand people, Accra's Old Fadama neighbourhood is the largest illegal slum in Ghana.

Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes?

Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes?

From Britain's 'Generation Rent' to Hong Kong's notorious 'cage homes', societies around the world are facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions.

From Britain's 'Generation Rent' to Hong Kong's notorious 'cage homes', societies around the world are facing a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions.

Based on new evidence that challenges existing theories of urban inequality, Crankshaw argues that the changing pattern of earnings and occupational inequality in Johannesburg is better described by the professionalism of employment alongside high-levels of chronic unemployment.

Based on new evidence that challenges existing theories of urban inequality, Crankshaw argues that the changing pattern of earnings and occupational inequality in Johannesburg is better described by the professionalism of employment alongside high-levels of chronic unemployment.

I was murdered once.

Anyone s Guess How We Got Here is a road-trip.

A recent study found that 25% of UK homeless and at-risk young people identify as LGBT.

Above a secluded cove in Cornwall, Huck, a former fisherman, is squatting in an empty second home.