Housing and Homelessness Descriptions

TYPE: Hypertext Book (WWW page)
URL: http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/ways/54.html
CONTACT:Behrman House, Inc.,235 Watchung Ave, West Orange, NJ 07072
COMMENTS:
Written by Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff, this page is a hypertext version of his book 54 Ways to Help the Homeless. Contents include descriptions of what homelessness is like, how to give to the homeless, myths and fast facts about homelessness, and a list of regional and national organizations. Paper copies of the book can be ordered directly from the publisher. The authors of this guide were unable to tell whether the publisher and/or author knows about the existence of this hypertext version.

Cohousing discussion list (COHOUSING-L)

TYPE: E-mail discussion list
ADDRESS: cohousing-l@uci.com (to post)
SUBSCRIBE: E-mail to listserv@uci.com; use "subscribe cohousing-l " in message body
CONTACT: Fred Holson, list owner (fholson@uci.com)
COMMENTS:
Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing first developed in Denmark in the early 1970's. This list is similar in tone and content to "alt.co-ops," mentioned earlier; it discusses cooperative housing in all its forms. Back issues of this list are archived at the gopher at garnet.berkeley.edu (port 1250) under "Housing, Hunger, and Welfare," in the following section of this guide.

Homelessness discussion list

TYPE: E-mail discussion list
ADDRESS: homeless@csf.colorado.edu (to post)
SUBSCRIBE: Send e-mail to listserv@csf.colorado.edu; use "subscribe homeless " in message body
CONTACT: Dee Southard, list owner (southard@oregon.uoregon.edu)
COMMENTS:
A new (1/95) list dedicated to discussion of the problem of homelessness, sponsored by Communications for a Sustainable Future, Boulder, CO. People both homeless and "homed" are expected to contribute. An archive of Frequently Asked Questions and bibliographies related to homelessness is also available.

TYPE: Gopher
ADDRESS: gopher garnet.berkeley.edu 1250
/ Housing, Health, and Poverty
URL: gopher://garnet.berkeley.edu:1250/11/.welfare
CONTACT: newman@garnet.berkeley.edu
COMMENTS:
This menu is maintained by the The Electronic Democracy Information Network(EDIN). Contained on this menu is information regarding housing discrimination, articles by the census bureau on income, wealth and poverty, archives of discussions on cohousing, as well as links to the Hungernet, the Department of Housing and Urban Development gopher, and legislation regarding family, welfare and human services and legislation regarding housing and urban development. While this gopher contains mostly links to other sites, the information that is housed here could be extremely useful, such as the Census Bureau articles.

TYPE: Web page
URL: http://www.iugm.org/iugm
CONTACT: Michael Liimatta (iugm@iugm.org)
COMMENTS:
This site contains reports, information sheets, and more on helping the homeless, homelessness and addiction recovery, and other issues facing rescue missions and homeless shelters. Of note are the results of IUGM's studies, which include survey results and statistics on homelessness. Links to employment opportunities and IUGM's resource catalog are also available.

TYPE: Web page
URL: http://nch.ari.net
CONTACT: nch@ari.net
COMMENTS:
A Web page from one of the US's foremost national advocacy network for ending homelessness. Especially notable here is a narrative describing one family's path into homelessness. Also included are other descriptions of what it's like to be homeless, facts about homelessness, links to current legislation and policy issues on the topic, a directory of state and national organizations on homelessness, upcoming conferences, and other useful resources. Highly recommended.