Third Places And The Homeless (T-Path)
Title
Third Places And The Homeless (T-Path)
Creator
Anita Coleman
Date
10 June 2018
Description
"Third places" such as libraries, churches, and digital social networks are important community builders because they are easily accessible and trusted,. The Third Places and the Homeless, T-Path, collection brings together resources about exemplary third places that are creating and strengthening communities. The goals of this collection are 1) to increase understanding of third places; and 2) discover the front-line libraries, churches, and digital social networks that are addressing the needs of the homeless. The primary audience for T-PATH resources are people of faith, librarians, and teachers.
Collection Items
Do we have the knowledge to address homelessness?
Various forms of housing exclusion are a reality for millions of people across the globe. For people who are homeless in advanced industrialized economies, housing exclusion often co-exists with social service engagement. This essay reviews …
A Homeless Bill of Rights (Revolution)
This Article examines an emerging movement so far unexplored by legal scholarship: the proposal and, in some states, the enactment of a Homeless Bill of Rights. This Article presents these new laws as a lens to re-examine storied …
Why turning homelessness into a crime is cruel and costly
Two law professors who study how laws can make homelessness better or worse, encourage cities, suburbs and towns to avoid punishing people who live in public and have nowhere else to go. One big reason: These “anti-vagrancy laws” are…
Learn (from OrgCode Consulting, Inc.)
Org Code is a leader in the housing first approach and housing-focused shelter systems. Download their white papers and learn more. Recommended by Friendship Shelter, Laguna Beach.
The Power to Exclude and the Power to Expel
Article Abstract: Property laws have far-reaching implications for the way people live and for the opportunities they and their children will have. They also have important consequences for property developers and businesses,…
Housing as a Hub for Health, Community, and Upward Mobility
82 page report with 4 Key Recommendations. Excerpts from the report: Housing is increasingly understood to be an
important determinant of success in life, affecting
health, access to education, and the opportunity
for upward mobility. The condition…
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