Connecting Sources

From the government website for “Housing First” brings the problem of homelessness into the light while giving various insights of what has been done before and what is being done now. This article can be connected to a different article “Parthways’ Housing First Program” and a more analytical article “Reasons for homelessness: An empirical typology” by Hillary Heinze. Beginning with the first stated article, this article goes over more specific details such as categories many homeless go into, the costs of the operation as well as how much is saved if it works, other similar programs, and research done through programs. The article connected to this is “The Ever-Evolving Difficulties of Giving Housing to the Homeless” by Bettina Chang. Within this article shows the work a similar program to Housing First is doing, how the results from Housing First are not as great as they can be and takes a different approach to the solution of homelessness by not only giving them housing but also a job. Next is the article by Hillary Heinze which analyzes different categories of homeless as to why they are homeless and qualities of each group. A different article that connects to this is “Pathways into adult homelessness” by Chris Chamberlain which does a similar study but shows how adults become homeless or have been homeless. This article breaks down each reason more and shows some surprising results. Lastly is the study “Older homeless people: increasing in numbers and changing needs” by Maureen Crane which is a very broad worldwide study. Throughout this study it shows how the homeless population has changed over the past 7-8 years and how current solutions are not working as well as they should be. Not only does it show that homelessness is growing it also shows how homeless people are constantly changing and adapting, and for this reason we need programs that do the same in order to actually make progress. All of these articles bring some light on what programs are going on worldwide as well as the growing problem that is homelessness. It does not produce many solutions but brings many issues into the light which is all pieces to take into consideration and to motivate others to create solutions that include past, current, and possible future issues rather than the general issues of today.