The City of New Prospect faced the problem of improving the effectiveness of its housing and neighborhood servicing programs against the backdrop of forecasted declines in local incomes and long-standing dissatisfaction with responsiveness among the citizens. The ineffective provision of low income housing and failure to improve housing standards had been identified as a problem. As a result, the city council has elected to privatize the Community Development Department’s housing and neighborhood service responsibilities through a process of competitive bidding. The budget for these functions was $4.8million. There four bidders were Schulte’s Homes, La Lucha, Community Development Department and Neighborhood Network, with various level of experience, budgets and action plans.
A lack of affordable housing has contributed to homelessness. The loss of affordable housing puts a great number of people at risk of homelessness. The lack of affordable housing has led to high rent burdens (rents which absorb a high proportion of income), overcrowding, and substandard housing. These phenomena’s, in turn, have not only forced many people to become homeless; they have put a large and growing number of people at risk of becoming homeless. Excessive waiting lists for public housing mean that people must remain in shelters or inadequate housing arrangements longer.
“Affordable Housing in America, A Silent Epidemic” Peter A. Zerites Aurora University The lack of affordable housing in Seattle and other places is a "silent epidemic," states U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. It is the belief of many Americans that people who seek out and rent affordable housing are lazy, criminals, alcoholic and drug addicts; a variety of studies seems to indicate otherwise. What causes one to seek out affordable housing, what factors are involved, and what barriers to obtaining affordable housing are there? I would like to explore these issues and hopefully shed light on this “silent epidemic” The shortage of housing has plagued man since people started living in modern cities, but really came to the forefront of news worthiness after WWII.” A combination of decreased homebuilding during the Depression and World War II coupled with the return of millions of veterans at the end of the war created the worst housing shortage in this country's history.”(Cornell University, 2006) Today the shortage is caused by
Applying the O.B Mod. to the Healthcare Industry Research paper Brady Johnson Organizational Behavior MGMT 630 Instructor: Dr. August Bruehlman Chadron State College Abstract The healthcare industry, as a whole, is plagued with errors that result in tens of thousands of deaths and costs several billion dollars in the United States yearly. As these errors cost both human lives and have huge financial impacts on organizations they must be improved upon. Improving upon issues in the healthcare industry has proved to be very challenging with one of the primary difficulties being that the healthcare industry is entirely dependent on a human process, and therefore it becomes difficult to identify or even quantify the causes of the problem. Therefore it is the primary position of this paper, that to reduce these errors in the healthcare industry an organizational behavior approach will need to be taken.
They are intended to increase the availability of affordable housing and improve the quality of low-income housing, while avoiding problems associated with concentrated subsidized housing. Many scattered-site units are built to be similar in appearance to other homes in the neighborhood to somewhat mask the financial stature of tenants and reduce the stigma associated with p The destruction of deteriorating buildings to make room for public housing often created problems in adjacent neighborhoods. An excellent example of this phenomenon can be found in Brooklyn. When blocks of slums in the Brownsville district were cleared to make room for public housing in the 1920s, thousands of displaced families moved into the neighboring district of East New York, which at that time was a predominantly white, middle-class area with a stable economy. The sudden influx of large, lower-income black and Hispanic families from Brownsville strained the physical and social services of the community.
To begin with, Detroit’s structural inequality directly correlates to a lack of the necessity for labor. Also, Detroit’s residents are generally of lower human capital than other flourishing, suburban cities and therefore usually are only hired for low-wage jobs. Finally, the culture in inner city Detroit seems to lack emphasis on the individual’s role in society, causing a notion for individuals in Detroit to not help themselves out of these hard times. However, Detroit’s problem can be solved. Because of its size, location, and overall resourceful nature, Detroit could market to younger, entrepreneurial graduates in order to save the city and remedy its unemployment rate successfully.
In cities across America the Homeless populations have become a recurring political concern. With the no one wanting to seem like they are anti-homeless the debate has created a sensitive issue. One side argues strongly for the health concerns in and caused by the homeless populous. The other concern is the negative effects the homeless cause business versus the hugely detrimental hit the new banns impose on the charities trying to provide to the homeless. The registration and certification requirements that state and local government across the nation have begun implementing, namely Houston’s new permitting requirement, allows the cities to monitor activity centers, prevent the spread of food prone illness in and from the homeless, as well as economically ensure business in their jurisdiction are free from the detrimental effect of homeless presence nearby.
Even then, those applicants must wait as long as a year before they may even receive any assistance. This is due to the large number of applicants and also due to the low-income population in Berks County. I feel that the waiting lists for housing assistance should be re-opened. If these programs offer and build more public housing developments in Berks County, it will help many families that need help with housing. This will eliminate longs waiting lists.
| Urbanization | The Social Gospel Movement was designed to help the poorest city folk of society which lead to settlement houses and eventually; the Hull House. | These houses and movements allowed lower class to get on their feet and help the rest of the city. Wages were increased, conditions were improved, and hard labor was regulated. | Although big cities still today have issues with poverty, crime, and slummy areas, our technology and awareness of these problems keep them conflicts we are
Today, they are called homeless. B. Reason to Listen: Chronic homelessness is societal issue that may have a partial solution, by helping the homeless get the help they need through government/community programs. C. Thesis Statement: Chronic homelessness is a serious problem for the taxpayers in the U.S. There are government programs that can greatly diminish the costs incurred by chronic homelessness and, sometimes, even help the hopeless find hope.