Week 14 - Housing Special Populations

Description

Our nation’s housing delivery system works well for some, but there are other specialized populations that require additional outreach and support. This week, we will examine the unique housing needs of both homeless individuals and individuals with disabilities, and will explore the range of policy tools and strategies to provide inclusive, long-term housing solutions.

We’ll be joined by Danielle Chynoweth, who is Cunningham Township Supervisor. In this position, Danielle has the responsibility of overseeing a range of anti-poverty programs throughout the township (which covers the same area as City of Urbana).

Facilitators

• Danielle Chynoweth Cunningham Township Supervisor

Readings

• Introduction of the Undeserving Poor by Michael Katz

• A History of Women’s Homelessness: The Making of a Crisis

• No Safe Place: Sexual Assault in the Lives of Homeless Women

• National Alliance to End Homelessness: State of Homelessness 2021 Edition  

* Deutsch, James, “Like We Were a Coronavirus!” Experiencing Homelessness in the Pandemic

* Deutsch, James, ‘Alexander the Grate’ on Homelessness Amid the Pandemic

• Turner, Margery Austin, et al., Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities: Barriers at Every Step

  • Sections 1, 4, 5, 6  

• PBS News Hour - How More Americans are “Aging in Place”

Slides

Other Resources

• 99% Invisible: According to Need

  • Chapter 1: Tulicia

  • Chapter 2: The Hotline

  • Chapter 3: Housing First

  • Chapter 4: The List

  • Chapter 5: Housing Finally

• Seattle Times - She Didn’t Want to Die Homeless. But in Seattle, There Were Few Places To Turn.

• Together as a Family: Multigenerational Living Rises in a Pandemic