In the Midst of Plenty - (Contemporary Social Issues) by Marybeth Shinn & Jill Khadduri (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Many people helped improve the quality of this book-its accuracy, its clarity, the force of its presentation. Four people were kind enough to read the entire manuscript, and they made helpful comments and corrections throughout: Paul Dornan, formerly responsible for research on homelessness at HUD; Lucie Khadduri, who lives in Olympia WA, a city with a recent upsurge in homelessness; Daniel Perlman, Series Editor for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, who provided encouragement throughout the book's long gestation period; and Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Zach Glendening, Molly Richard, and Jason Rodriguez at Vanderbilt University read portions of the manuscript and provided comments that improved clarity and pointed to additional sources of information. Meghan Henry, project director for the Annual Homeless Assessment Reports at Abt Associates, commented extensively on Chapter 1 and confirmed numbers. John Miller, an experienced journalist, also read Chapter 1 and, along with Meghan, helped us make the chapter more readable. Jill's Abt colleagues Anna Jefferson and Hannah Thomas helped identify and expand the vignettes about people experiencing homelessness that begin Chapter 1. Kathryn P. Nelson, who designed HUD's ongoing reports on "worst case" housing problems and needs for assistance, read Chapter 2 and suggested additions and corrections. Barbara Sard of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities read Chapter 6 and provided comments on the housing side of the social safety net. She also enlisted her colleagues at the Center to review portions of Chapter 6 on the income side of the safety net: Ed Bolen, Brendan Duke, Chye-Ching Huang, LaDonna Pavetti, Kathleen Ronig, and Chad Stone. We thank them for their comments and for their identification of literature that we had missed"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Foreword by Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness</p> <p><b>This book explains how to end the U.S. homelessness crisis by bringing together the best scholarship on the subject and sharing solutions that both local communities and national policy-makers can apply now</b></p> <p><i>In the Midst of Plenty</i> shifts our understanding of the phenomenon of homelessness away from issues of individual disability and embeds it in larger contexts of poverty, income inequality, housing affordability, and social exclusion. Homelessness experts Shinn and Khadduri provide guidance on how to end homelessness for people who experience it and how to prevent so many people from reaching the point where they have no alternative to sleeping on the street or in emergency shelters.</p> <p>The book is organized around four questions: Who becomes homeless? Why do people become homeless? How do we end homelessness? How do we prevent it? Based on a comprehensive look at relevant research, the authors show that we know how to end homelessness--if we devote the necessary resources to doing so.</p> <p><i>In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It</i> is an excellent resource for professionals and decision-makers in the homeless services system, as well as for anyone who is interested in helping to end homelessness. It also can be used as a text in undergraduate or masters courses in public policy, sociology, psychology, social work, urban studies, or housing policy.</p> <p>"<i>The knowledgeable and thoughtful authors of this book--two brilliant women who know as much as anyone in the country about the nature of homelessness and its solutions</i>--<i>have done a great service by taking us on a journey through the history of homelessness, how our responses have changed, and how we can end it."</i> Nan Roman, President and CEO National Alliance to End Homelessness.</p> <p><i>"Shinn and Khadduri's new book is a thorough yet concise examination of what we know about the nature and causes of homelessness, and the crucial lessons learned. This critically important work provides a roadmap to restoring basic housing and income security as viable policy options, in the face of our daunting inequality divide that otherwise threatens millions with destitution and homelessness</i>." Dennis Culhane, Dana and Andrew Stone Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania</p> <p><i>"Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri have combined their significant expertise to create an essential guide about the history of modern homelessness and to offer a clear path forward to end this American tragedy. Their policy recommendations on ending homelessness are culled from the best about what we know works."</i> Barbara Poppe, Executive Director US Interagency Council on Homeless, 2009-2014.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Foreword by Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness <p><b>This book explains how to end the U.S. homelessness crisis by bringing together the best scholarship on the subject and sharing solutions that both local communities and national policy-makers can apply now.</b> <p><i>In the Midst of Plenty</i> shifts understanding of homelessness away from individual disability to larger contexts of poverty, income inequality, housing affordability, and social exclusion. Homelessness experts Shinn and Khadduri provide guidance on how to end homelessness for people who experience it and how to prevent so many people from reaching the point where they have no alternative to sleeping on the street or in emergency shelters. The authors show that we know how to end homelessness--if we devote the necessary resources to doing so. <p><i>In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It</i> is an excellent resource for policy-makers, professionals in the homeless services system, and anyone else who wants to end homelessness. It also can serve as a text in undergraduate or masters courses in public policy, sociology, psychology, social work, urban studies, or housing policy. <p><i>"The knowledgeable and thoughtful authors of this book--two brilliant women who know as much as anyone in the country about the nature of homelessness and its solutions--have done a great service by taking us on a journey through the history of homelessness, how our responses have changed, and how we can end it."</i></br> <b> --Nan Roman, </b> President and CEO National Alliance to End Homelessness. <p><i>"Shinn and Khadduri's new book is a thorough yet concise examination of what we know about the nature and causes of homelessness, and the crucial lessons learned. This critically important work provides a roadmap to restoring basic housing and income security as viable policy options, in the face of our daunting inequality divide that otherwise threatens millions with destitution and homelessness."</i></br> <b> --Dennis Culhane, </b> Dana and Andrew Stone Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania <p><i>"Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri have combined their significant expertise to create an essential guide about the history of modern homelessness and to offer a clear path forward to end this American tragedy. Their policy recommendations on ending homelessness are culled from the best about what we know works."</i></br> <b> --Barbara Poppe, </b> Executive Director US Interagency Council on Homeless, 2009-2014.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>MARYBETH SHINN, PHD, </b> is a Cornelius Vanderbilt professor at Vanderbilt University. She co-led the Family Options Study of different approaches to ending family homelessness, evaluated the initial study of the Pathways Housing First experiment, and developed a model used by New York City to target its homelessness prevention services. <p><b>JILL KHADDURI, PHD, </b> is a principal associate and senior fellow at Abt Associates. She co-leads the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), has played leading roles in several important studies of both homelessness and housing policy for two decades, and served as Director of the Policy Development Division of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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