TY - BOOK ID - 69240068 TI - A new home : young adults and transisional housing PY - 2014 SN - 3954891972 3954896974 9783954896974 9783954891979 PB - Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Public housing KW - Homeless families KW - Social work with the homeless KW - Government housing projects KW - Social housing KW - Low-income housing KW - Homeless persons KW - Families UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69240068 AB - Homeless young adults represent a failure of the U.S. social services system to prevent new generations of homeless people. However, several organizations are working in concert with communities and governments to combat this problem through transitional housing programs that target young adults ages 18 to 24. Many of these programs mirror the new urban development trend of mixed-income housing, and place transitional houses inside stable neighborhoods that are either affluent or mixed-income themselves. While these programs represent monumental commitments in terms of resources, they also rep ER -