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Homelessness, Shelter, And Human Rights In California And New York, Rebecca Wilson
Homelessness, Shelter, And Human Rights In California And New York, Rebecca Wilson
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The purpose of this project is to discuss the issues of homelessness and lack of shelter in the United States, specifically in the states of California and New York, as a human right. Due to the majority of California’s homeless population going unsheltered and the large majority of New York’s homeless population receiving shelter, there are ways that California can learn from the system that New York has developed in order to more efficiently and justly provide shelter to its homeless population. This paper analyzes what has worked and what has not worked in either state in providing the human …