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Homelessness and Affordable Housing |
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The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic. The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content. If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine. |
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There are two categories of resources in the table below. Download means either that there is a downloadable document or that the text on that web page can be copied and pasted into your own document. Online means that the activity is interactive and must be done on the computer. |
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National Coalition for the Homeless A frequently asked question in justice groups is about panhandlers. This is an essay written by a formerly homeless man about panhandling. |
Download | Reflection | High school through adult |
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National Alliance to End Homelessness This page has links to fact sheets about homelessness for kids according to grades (K-2; 3-5; middle school; high school). Each of the pages also has suggestions for action. |
Download | Information and actions | K-2; grades 3-5; middle school high school |
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This is a web page for kids to acquaint them with the problem of homelessness and what they can do about it. |
Online | Information and actions | Intermediate grades |
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This article would be useful for the social analysis on the problem of homelessness. |
Download | Information | High school and adult |
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This site has articles, church documents and statements that relate to the issue of homelessness. |
Download | Reflection | Adult |
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National Low Income
Housing Coalition On this website you can find statistics for housing affordability for your state, municipality or county. The data is broken down into a dollar amount for the fair market value for housing and how much a person would have to earn per hour to afford the housing. There is also a calculator in which you can plug in your state and the rent you pay and it will give you how much you need to make per hour or year to afford that rent. |
Online | Background | Adult |
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Paycheck to Paycheck This interactive site from the National Housing Coalition shows housing costs for metropolitan areas with the average cost for home owning and renting and the income levels of some pre-selected jobs. |
Online | Background | High school and adult |