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Low Income Families Child Abuse And Neglect
1,182 words
The federal government classifies a family as poor
if its pretax cash income falls below a certain
minimum standard. This standard was established by
dividing the average expenditure for a minimally
adequate diet by the average share of family
income spent on food. The federal poverty line is
adjusted for family size and for changes in the
average cost of living in the United States, but
it is not adjusted for regional or local
differences. The number of children living in
low-income families is...
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Affordable Housing San Diego
1,899 words
The population of California is expected to
increase by more than 15 million people by the
year 2020. This is not a new startling fact. It
has been said many times before, in many different
ways. This number is equivalent to the present
population of Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho,
Wyoming and Colorado combined. Carol Whiteside
focuses on how the population boom will affect
California's cities. She also looks at how the
cities will prepare for such growth, with local
resources that are already s...
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Bargaining Power Care Centers
434 words
1. The threat of new entrants into the senior
housing industry is low and not a major threat to
established companies in the industry. One major
barrier to entry is the large amount of capital
needed to build or purchases housing communities
and to provide trained personnel such as managers
and nurses to fill them. Product differentiation
in the industry includes different types of living
accommodations such as independent living,
assisted living and special care centers such as
Hyatt's, Alzheim...
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Aboriginal People Four Percent
600 words
In recent years, increasing awareness of
exploitation of indigenous culture and
intellectual property has led to recognition of
the need for more effective protection of
indigenous rights in Australia. Aborigines, the
indigenous people of Australia, are severely
disadvantaged in terms of poverty, poor health,
over-representation in the prisons, employment
opportunity, and housing. There have been many
reports, inquires and decisions about the need for
more effective protection for indigenous cul...
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Back Into Society Marital Status
1,455 words
Deterrence is a view that is used in hope that it
will discourage other from committing illegal
acts. The idea is that rehabilitation is intended
to restore offenders to a constructive role in
society. Many prison throughout the United States
have been experiencing the problem of over
crowdedness. Developments such as probation,
parole and indeterminate sentencing are provided
to help in deterrence. The programs must aim to
change those who want to change. This kind of
program would provide skil...
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Decision Making Process Toxic Waste
1,707 words
I am evaluating solutions to reduce the
proliferation of chemical and radioactive
industrial carcinogens that threaten human health
nationally and globally. I am specifically
concerned with the toxic health effects on
minority and low-income communities. After
critiquing several alternatives, I can recommend
methods to find reparations for suffering
resulting from severe medical problems. More than
half of the nations 26 million African Americans
and more than a third of its Latinos live in
neig...
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Habitat For Humanity Affordable Housing
1,062 words
... Humanity? Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit,
Christian housing ministry. HFH seeks to eliminate
poverty housing and homelessness from the world,
and to make decent shelter a matter of principles
and action. How does it work? Through volunteer
labor and donations of money and materials,
Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent
houses with the help of the homeowner (partner)
families. Habitat houses are sold to partner
families at no profit, financed with affordable,
no-interest loans...
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The Effects Of Placing Rent Controls In Toronto
1,852 words
... 24 hour message system will be brought up to
screen less important tenant problems and to
de-clog the Tenant Complaint Office. 7 Leach also
plans to create a quasi-judicial tribunal.
Complaints would be diverted from courts to the
tribunal for everything from increases to
evictions. Both parties would be given a short
time to present evidence and make their case.
Shortly after, a judgment would be made. Since
there are no appeals, both parties would be
expected to abide by the decision. If o...
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Low Income Housing Mentally Ill
1,648 words
Homelessness is an ongoing problem for our
society. Everyday we come to terms with the
effects of it, but what about the causes? By
definition, a person who is homeless lives in
public. The lack and destruction of federal
housing programs and increasing rents forced those
who are homeless to do in public what everyone
prefers to do in private. According to the
website, National Law Center on Homelessness and
Poverty, the Low Income Housing Information
Service estimates that there are twice as ma...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,602 words
by Alejandro A. Alonso, M. S. In Los Angeles and
other urban areas in the United States, the
formation of street gangs increased at a steady
pace through 1996. The Bloods and the Crips, the
most well-known gangs of Los Angeles, are
predominately African American[ 1 ] and they have
steadily increased in number since their
beginnings in 1969. In addition, there are over
600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County
with a growing Asian gang population numbering
approximately 20, 000 members. Sur...
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Encyclop Dia Britannica Infant Mortality
1,575 words
Delhi The History of Delhi Delhi is one of the
most ancient cities in the world. The city
witnessed blossoms and collapses of many world
civilizations. Yet, there is no consensus among
the scientists as to the history of Delhi and
exact quantity of settlements in the territory of
Delhi. According to Said Ahmed Chan, the cities
replaced each other in the following order:
Indraprastha (Indrapat) ruled by Pandavas brothers
(approximately 1450 BC), Lal Kot (or Qila Rai
Pithora) approximately 1060 AD...
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Spontaneous Housing In The Third World Countries
731 words
Spontaneous Housing in the Third World Countries
The end of the twentieth century has been marked
by many substantial events for the global economy,
social life, and progressive development. The
collapse of the two polar systems of global
influence (the socialistic block of the Soviet
Union, and North Atlantic Alliance of the United
States of America and Western Europe) uncovered
many problems that were not given properly
attention during the confrontation of the Cold
War. It has suddenly appear...
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York City Rental Housing
2,655 words
/ 5, 8 New York Citys rent stabilization system In
the following essay I am going to examine New York
Citys rent stabilization system and make a
statement that the abolishment of the given rent
stabilization system would have mostly beneficial
effects on the NY community as a whole. I will
state that rent stabilization act of NY in fact
benefits the rich (mostly affluent individuals in
lower and mid-Manhattan districts) and is of no
use to the majority middle-income and minority
lower income NY ...
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Senior Citizen Rental Housing
2,637 words
... The some price increase would certainly be
expected due to the market reaction to the
liberalization policy for rents, yet it is not
expected to raise substantially unless some force
majeure event occurs. One of such effects could be
in my opinion, the massive immigration of Iraqi to
New York after the USA is making there a real war.
d. government officials. The government officials
are not influenced by this policy directly in any
way. The fact that in order to be a government
official they...
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Rental Housing York City
2,044 words
/ 5, 8 New York Citys rent stabilization system In
the following essay I am going to examine New York
Citys rent stabilization system and make a
statement that the abolishment of the given rent
stabilization system would have mostly beneficial
effects on the NY community as a whole. I will
state that rent stabilization act of NY in fact
benefits the rich (mostly affluent individuals in
lower and mid-Manhattan districts) and is of no
use to the majority middle-income and minority
lower income NY ...
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Senior Citizen Rental Housing
2,041 words
... modern system controls over 200, 000
apartments in New York City in 1999. The owner of
these apartments cannot voluntarily raise the
apartment price and to evict tenants. The rent
control is losing it ground to the vacancy
decontrol that seems to present a wonderful
alternative to rent control since early 1980 s.
The controlled apartment units in modern day New
York are only 6. 4 % of the total apartment for
rent figure in Big Apple. As a comparison in 1975,
the city controlled over 2 millio...
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Low Income Housing Increase In The Number
1,223 words
Homelessness is the condition of People who lack
regular legal access to adequate housing. (Wright,
par. 1) Homelessness has been recognized as a
significant social problem in the United States
since the early 1980 s, when a rapid increase in
the number of homeless people was caused be a weak
economy and cuts in federal ardor housing and
income assistance. (Wright, par. 1) Other periods
of increased homelessness also have occurred many
times in history, including during the colonial
era. Most ot...
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Low Income Families Families With Dependent Children
2,030 words
Welfare is a Welfare WELFARE Welfare is a public
assistance program developed to help people who
are unable to support themselves fully. It
provides a minimum amount of economic security to
people whose incomes do not meet a sufficient
standard of living. People who receive welfare
include elderly people, people with mental or
physical disabilities, and those needing help to
support dependent children. People in the United
States most commonly use the term welfare to refer
to government-funded p...
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Central Intelligence Agency Vice President
2,493 words
Structure of the Executive Branch The United
States is a large and complex country that is full
of a diversity of citizens. It has millions of
square miles of land with fifty states and several
outlying territories, including more than a
thousand islands scattered throughout the Pacific
Ocean and Caribbean Sea. All the citizens of the
Unites States have been governed in an organized
way for more than two hundred years. The federal
government is separated into three branches: the
legislative, exe...
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