341 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
341 Pages
by
Routledge
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Defining the "unsheltered woman" and her needs is a complicated task. Regardless of the roots of the condition, a significant number of women are not being housed as well as they could be. Women are not the only victims of an inadequately met housing demand; their families suffer as well. This volume provides sources of information for understanding which women are ill-housed and why their shelter... Read more
I: Identifying the Unsheltered Woman and Her Needs; 1: Living Arrangements in the 1980s; 2: The Unsheltered Woman: Definition and Needs; 3: Female-Headed Families in New York City; 4: The Elderly in New York City: Demographic Characteristics; 5: Executive Women: Results of the Savvy Survey; 6: Housing Preferences: Changes and Patterns; 7: Working Women: The Denver Experience; 8: Highrise Family Living in New York City; II: Planning for the Unsheltered Woman; 9: Women’s Aspirations and the Home: Episodes in American Feminist Reform; 10: Designs from the Past for the Future; 11: The Shelter-Service Crisis and Single Parents; 12: Neighborhood Women Look at Housing; 13: A Single Room: Housing for the Low-Income Single Person; 14: Shared Housing: Its Rationale, Forms, and Challenges; 15: The Elderly and Their Housing Needs: The Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association; 16: Four Rehabilitation Projects for Urban Households; III: Implementing Plans for Housing the Unsheltered Woman; 17: Theory and Practice of Housing Development: Changing the Physical Environment of Our Lives; 18: Barriers to Architectural Innovation: The Case of Two Bridges; 19: The Affordable Option: Charlotte Street Manufactured Housing; 20: New Financing Programs for Housing; Epilogue
Biography
Randall Hinshaw
