...looks at some of the loopholes of the various Rental Housing Assistance programs offered by the government to help families that cannot afford to live to pay their rent. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversees the three major programs offered by the federal government, i.e. public housing, privately owned subsidized housing and housing choice voucher (section-8). This paper doesn't focus on one of them specifically, but rather on the efficiency of the overall programs. The loopholes and inefficiencies addressed in this paper relate to the eligibility requirement, the lack of coordination across the various programs, their portability, the lack of incentives, and their perception across the indutry. Keywords: HUD, government, Section 8, housing, assistance, rental Are Government Rental Housing Assistance Programs Fulfilling their Social Mandate? Government Rental Housing Assistance has three programs to help low income families with their housing: public housing, privately owned subsidized housing, and housing choice voucher programs, the latter popularly known as Section-8. These programs are the result of a long process that started a hundred and fifty years ago with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. However, while the Civil Rights Act of 1866 established the conceptual foundations for fair housing policies, the country was still left without mechanisms to unable a fair housing market. It is only in the 1960's first federal structure...
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...The purpose of this paper will be to discuss in detail current public housing assistance policies and Housing Choice Voucher Program Section 8 in the United States. Additionally, the history of public housing, the population affected, current developments, effectiveness, opposition, and possibilities for improvement will be discussed. Government funded housing includes tenant-based rental subsidies and public housing. Tenant-based rental subsidies include rental vouchers that allow an individual enrolled in the program to secure housing in a privately owned rental. This is commonly known as the Section 8 program. Public housing is project-based housing owned and operated by a local housing authority (Hetling & Botein, 2013). Purpose...
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...Creating a Social Program HSM/240 Amanda Nelson Marilyn Gardner July 1, 2013 The social issue that “Striving for the Future”, plans to help correct is homelessness in America specifically East Tennessee. The individuals who are homeless are more often than others unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing. The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country, or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region. The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a homeless shelter, a warming center, a domestic violence shelter, cardboard boxes or other ad hoc housing situations. “An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005. In western countries, the large majority of homeless are men (75-80%), with single males particularly overrepresented. In the USA, LGBT people are over-represented among homeless youth, at 40%. Modern homelessness started as a result of economic stresses in society and reductions in the availability of affordable housing. In the United States, in the 1970s, the deinstitutionalization of patients from state psychiatric hospitals was a precipitating factor in urban areas. By the mid-1980s, there was also a dramatic increase in family homelessness. Tied into this were an increasing number of impoverished and runaway children, teenagers, and young adults, which created more street children or street youth. Most countries provide...
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...current housing assistance program in the United States does not adequately meet the needs of those it was intended to serve. The program that is in place selects qualified applicants based on their employment status. This excludes many who are in need of the provided resources. To improve adequacy, house assistance policies need to adapt to include those who are without employment, including the elderly and disabled. 2. Equity Housing assistance has been shown to help a small group of individuals, while excluding many more. Strides have been made, however, to improve equity. The implementation of Section 8 policies has allowed individuals to choose their own home and community, rather than being placed in a housing project by the government. This situation allows for individuals that receive housing assistance to feel less excluded from the community. 3. Efficiency Current housing assistance policies have not been thoroughly researched to determine their effectiveness. Preliminary research has shown that many problems do exist, as mentioned above. Further studies are required to determine the cost effectiveness and long-term outcomes of governmental housing...
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...problems for those who cannot afford rises of rents. However, what cause some dwellers to remain in their homes despite the rise of property values? Or how lower-class populations persist in gentrified zones? With the aid of federal and government institutions, low-income characters would not be able to continue living in their homes. Even though the process of restoration can result in the increase of the cost of life, some dwellers opt to remain in Green Point, Brooklyn because they enforce a number of methods, such as Section 8, Low Interest Rate programs and rent regulation, to fight displacement. Definition Generally speaking, gentrification is a two-edge process that usually pushes long-time dwellers from a neighborhood as the upgrading or improvement of the urban environment takes place around this specific neighborhood. In other words, residents opt to move out of the neighborhood because of the rise of rents, property value, and the renovation of the stock housing, which usually ends up with the replacement of the lower class with the middle to upper-class individuals. This displacement can usually extend farther afield. For instance, those who are pushed to move out by the rise of rents have no option, but to move outstate or even return to their native countries. Nevertheless, this phenomenon has dimensional perspectives that experts have observed and analyzed throughout the history. Therefore, numbers of researches have been posted...
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...Mission Matters? The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government. According to http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/about/mission, HUD’s mission statement states that it is HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. HUD’s responsibility was dealing with housing shortages and related public housing problems. They were to ensure a decent, safe, sanitary and suitable living environment for every American. “In an effort to meet this goal, the department, which has about 11,500 employees during 1999, administers several insurance, rent-subsidy, and grant programs. Some of the grant programs were designed to help state and local governments improve housing conditions in urban areas.” (Nenno, 5) A few examples are: rental assistance for low-income families and the rehabilitation of residential housing units. The department guarantees loans to home buyers made by private lenders and administers loan programs that help borrowers, both public and private, finance housing projects for elderly and disabled. According...
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...disorders. It is a devastating experience for families. Every year, the United States conduct an enumeration of homeless people around the nation. These reports of homeless people conducted by the National Alliance to End Homelessness are based on the definition set by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in what is commonly known as a “point-in -time” count. Point-in-time counts are the only measure that captures unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness. Last year's point-in-time count is the most recent national estimate of homelessness in the United States. As of January 2013, the national count of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness decreases by 11.6% between 2012 and 2013. There is a common misconception that homelessness is an issue that only pertains to single men and women, but in reality over 600,000 families a year will experience homelessness. The problems of family homelessness are not solely restricted to urban areas; rural area and suburban communities are increasingly plagued by the problem. The three main reasons for the abundance of dispossessed families within America are the following: 1) the lack of affordable housing, 2) poverty, and 3) mental illness. In today's society, these causes are the main contributors towards the heartbreaking conditions of family homelessness, which often leads to family breakups, health issues, and educational obstacles. President Obama recently addressed this vital issue when he stated...
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...Human Service Agencies In the Baltimore City area two of the most popular human service agencies include the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and Department of Social Services. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City focuses on the homeless and low income demographic by providing housing needs to low income families within the inner society to help promote self-sufficiency through providing safe, affordable, and decent housing to its tenants. The Department of Social Services meets various food, income, childcare, and family support needs by serving the elderly, homeless, low income, and disabled demographic. Over time society has influenced both agency’s decisions to meet the needs of the demographic needs by helping to identify what the current socio-economic needs are in each community. The difference I observed in the ways each agencies attempts to meet human needs is that The Department of Social Services offers immediate help, while the Housing Authority does not. Overall each agency is somewhat successful in meeting the needs of its demographic group. Both agencies are federally funded and with the surplus of demand for social service assistance programs offered by each agency are often discontinued or on “freeze’. For example, the Housing Authority has no longer been accepting applications for its housing choice voucher program formerly known as section 8 due to the number of applicants on the waiting list or assistance. The same has happened in The Department...
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...neglected. Housing is not always affordable to every citizen, but that should not stop people from having a place to lay their head at night. In this assignment two state policies proposals will be discussed and they are Assistant Rental Housing and Housing for seniors and disabled workers. Within discussing what these organizations consist of there will also be discussion of the historical perspective of the policies and the reason they were enacted. Next, an analysis of the social, economic, and political environments of when the policies were passed. Also, the interest groups that are for and against the policies. Lastly, the change that the policies have affected within different communities around the country. Some people are able to afford extravagant housing but for people who can no longer work or cannot manage to pay for of their bills these policies help change their lives. Assistance for housing began under a new deal act, which was the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. Under this Act people who had lost their homes under different circumstances were able to receive housing. Also, under many acts that would follow the original act many different programs were put in place to help such as Housing and Community and Development Act, Section 8 Housing, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act. The premise of these acts were very simple. The Department of Housing and Urban Development describes it as, “The housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting...
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...health problems. Older people are at higher risk for psychological disorders. They are at a great risk for depression and mental illness. Poverty affects the aging population in a very negative way. Poverty amongst the aging population decreases opportunities for elders to live quality lives. Poverty affects the everyday lives of older people. It limits the amount of things they can do on a daily basis and makes it very difficult to enjoy their lives. Many seniors aren’t able to keep up with the costs of health care, housing, insurance, medicine and a multitude of every day necessities. Historically, people with disabilities have experience great separation and exclusion from the world. They have endured discrimination and denial of human rights as a result of their disabilities. As time progressed, the importances of people who have disabilities and their rights of life have increased. There have been legislative actions taken and there are many programs available to...
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...recession. The people that suffer from poverty are usually immigrants. They come to unfamiliar places unable to get a job and support themselves. Poverty can affect everyone. Poverty is based on income and housing. The people that would most likely benefit from poverty would be people working for the government our agencies that help people in need. They benefit from being able to have a job they also benefit mentally knowing...
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...Households that are headed by women constitute 84% of the households receiving assistance through the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program (tenant-based Section 8 assistance) Developing your mission statement: guidelines, examples and exercises for all organizations Institute for Children and Poverty, The Hidden Migration: Why New York City Shelters Are Overflowing with Families (2002). 21 Homes for the Homeless & Institute for Children and Poverty, Ten Cities 1997-1998: A Snapshot of Family Homelessness Across America 3 (1998). 22 Institute for Children and Poverty, The Hidden Migration: Why New York City Shelters Are Overflowing with Families (2002). 23 Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Fact Sheet: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Homeless Youth. 1 (citing Richard J. Estes & Neil Alan Weiner, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Univ. Pa. (2001) (unpublished)). 24 National Coalition for the Homeless, Domestic Violence and Homelessness: Fact Sheet #8 (1999) (citing Virginia Coalition for the Homeless, Shelter Provider Survey (1995) (out of print)). Hubbard, G. (2004). Strategic Management: Thinking, Analysis & Action (2nd edition), Frenchs Forest, Pearson Prentice Hall Johnson, G., Scholes, K. and Whittington, R. (2005). Exploring corporate strategy (7th edition), England: Pearson Education Limited Porter, M.E. (1980). Competitive Strategy. New York, The Free Press. Porter, M.E. (2008). The five...
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...on the novel Push by Sapphire. Note: Precious (part 1) and Precious (part 2) are two separate assignments with different dues dates, even though both sections are presented in this single document. Please check the Course Calendar for the different due dates. Precious (part 1) consists of questions 1-11. Precious (part 2) covers questions 12-27. PART ONE Chapters 1 & 2: Review 1. How does rational choice theory help explain why some economically marginalized people, who feel caught in a cycle of poverty from which there is no escape, engage in risky behaviors, like having unprotected sex? Specifically, how can a fatalistic attitude inform choice? 2. Which research method would not be used to study sexual violence against Precious? Chapter 4 3. Discuss the socialization of Precious. Specifically, describe her primary socialization and her secondary socialization experiences. What values, norms and beliefs did she learn, and from whom? 4. Did Precious adopt her parent’s outlook without question? Please explain your answer. How common or unusual is this? 5. Discuss the social identity of Precious and also her self-identity. Did they match? 6. What was her social role? Did she passively take on this role or exercise agency? Please explain. Chapter 5 7. Apply the concept of audience segregation to Precious. 8. Describe the forms of impression management that Precious used to get others to react to her in a positive light. Why did she do this? 9. What kind of...
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...SUPPLY AND DEMAND WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER ALL ABOUT? This chapter introduces market behavior and the intricacies of the market mechanism. It is helpful to continue to answer the basic questions of WHAT, HOW, and FOR WHOM and to briefly outline how the market system answers them. The chapter focuses on the allocative and distributive functions of the price system. The section on disequilibrium pricing -- price ceilings and floors -- provides an opportunity to illustrate the upside and downside of interference with market pricing mechanisms. The opening illustration of a kidney sale on eBay demonstrates the power and potential problems of markets. This introduction sets the general direction of this chapter, which is to look at how the market system answers the following questions: 1. What determines the price of a good or a service? 2. How does the price of a product affect its production and consumption? 3. Why do prices and production levels often change? NEW TO THIS EDITION • New headline on campus drinking • New headline on demand shifts for natural gas • One new question for discussion • One new problem LECTURE LAUNCHERS Where should you start? Supply and Demand analysis is the foundation of much of the analysis the student will perform during the semester. Therefore, it is important that students get a good start with this material. 1. Begin your discussion by identifying...
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...making this state a little more out of its problems. We can look at the federal aids that are given to students here in California, and how they are helping students financially to continue their education. What do you think will happen if the federal government stopped given money o these students (especially low-income students) after the secession of California? Must of them won't be able to pay fo their education and thus they may end up living in a very poverty in their futures. Califronia by itself can not help all these poeple. Also, the federal government is giving financial aids to those who are unemployed to help them with their housing and food expensses such as the "Welfare food stamps" that they give to low-income families . In addition, the federal government offers what it is called "Section 8" ( which is Housing Choice Voucher Program) when the governmet pays almost three-fourth of your rent. Since California is so expensive the federal government is helping a lot with getting people out of this hardship. Unfrotunaltly, all w are focusing on is splitting apart of the rest of the country to stay a way from Trump and it is polices without thinking of the conscoinsess. Furthermore, Trump can not change any of these without the agreement of the congress. ...
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