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Closing Peachtree and Pine: Evaluating Homeless Strategies in Atlanta, Georgia
Closing Peachtree and Pine: Evaluating Homeless Strategies in Atlanta, Georgia
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Graszer, Grace
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Homelessness is a significant issue facing the United States as a whole, but urban areas tend to
face the brunt of the challenge. As one of the largest metro areas in the U.S., and the largest city
in the State of Georgia, Atlanta has 35 percent of the state’s homeless population. In 2017,
Atlanta’s homeless population was 3,572 on a given night. This equates to 75.6 homeless per
10,000 people in the general population, more than four times the national homelessness rate
(“Georgia - National Alliance to End Homelessness,” 2017) (“State of Homelessness - National
Alliance to End Homelessness,” n.d.). There is still much work to be done to address
homelessness in Atlanta. However, homelessness is a lightning rod issue, eliciting concern and
empathy from many citizens, but still garnering NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) responses when
it comes time to site shelters and services meant to reduce homelessness. This applied research paper uses interviews and local data to illustrate the outcomes to individuals experiencing homelessness due to Peachtree and Pine’s closure and determine
whether its closure is part of a successful strategy to reduce and eliminate homelessness in
Atlanta.
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2019-05
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Applied Research Paper
Applied Research Paper