Rasmussen College Social Change Housing Challenges Central Issue Research Paper

.1. The reading focused on three issues central to the challenge of providing adequate and affordable housing for all.

Issue #1: The growth of under-serviced, substandard, and insecure housing that is disconnected from livelihood options.

Issue #2: The overemphasis on homeownership, which excludes the poor.

Issue #3: Inappropriate land policies and regulations, which can push the poor to city peripheries.

Discuss which of these 3 issues you believe has the greatest impact on adequate and affordable housing. Discuss the reason for your perspective.

2. Watch the video on housing challenges impacted by COVID. Share your thoughts on this video, and share 1 strategy or response that you believe would be effective in helping individuals and families whose housing has been impacted by COVID.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIEgpmRj1ns (Links to an external site.)

3. Watch the video on the Covenant House Shelter for teens and young adults in Louisiana. This video is a graphic documentary of the challenges agencies encounter in trying to serve individuals who have experienced trauma, mental illness, SUD, etc. The professionals featured in the video provide valuable insight.

Discuss your impression of the professionals portrayed and how their interventions and behaviors align with or conflict with social work values.

Share what you would change at Covenant House or an idea that you believe would be effective in serving this population.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUfNbNBFwRI (Links to an external site.)