SOCI 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Visible Minority

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 401
• Professor: Annette Tezli

Document Summary

Defined into being and framed as social problem in 1980s. Is an odd job word, pressed into service to impose order on a hodgepodge of social dislocation, extreme poverty, seasonal or itinerant work, and unconventional ways of life (p. 3) The one thing all homeless people have in common is a lack of housing. Whatever other problems they face, adequate, stable, affordable housing is a prerequisite to solving them. Homelessness may not be only a housing problem, but it is always a housing problem; housing is necessary, although sometimes not sufficient, to solve the problem of homelessness. (p. 34) Homeless persons are considered to be those who do not have a permanent residence to which they can return whenever they so choose. No unified count lack of comparability of data local counts focus on absolute homeless. Difficulty of enumerating hidden populations transient population & high client turnover. Biennial, point-in-time count in may: survey of facilities and service agencies, street count (1992-2006)