A STUDY ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT FROM THE ACUTUAL CONDITION OF SELF-HELP HOUSING IMPROVEMENT ACTION BY OWNER-OCCUPANT IN SMALL SITE DETACHED AND ROW HOUSES CONGESTED AREA

There are some 60 000 vacant properties in the city of Philadelphia, 30 000 of which are abandoned row houses. In the neighbourhood of Kensington, street-level entrepreneurs have reconfigured hundreds of former working-class row homes to produce the Philadelphia recovery house movement: an extra-legal poverty survival strategy for addicts and alcoholics located in the city’s poorest and most heavily blighted zones. The purpose of this paper is to explore, ethnographically, the ways in which informal poverty survival mechanisms articulate with the restructuring of the contemporary welfare state and the broader political economy of Philadelphia. It is argued that recovery house networks accommodate an interrelated set of political rationalities animated not only by retrenchment and the churning of welfare bodies, but also by the agency of informal operators and the politics of self-help. Working as an alternative and partially vestigial boundary institution or buffer zone to formal regimes of governance, the recovery house movement reflects the ‘other story’ of the new urban politics in Philadelphia.

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POTENSI KESWADAYAAN MASYARAKAT DALAM IMPLEMENTASI PROGRAM PENINGKATAN KUALITAS PERMUKIMAN (PKP) (Studi Kasus: Kelurahan Pringapus, Kecamatan Pringapus Kabupaten Semarang)

Jurnal Pengembangan Kota ◽

10.14710/jpk.2.1.50-61 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Widyaningtyas Kartika Dewi

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

High Potential ◽

Improvement Program ◽

Mutual Cooperation ◽

Housing Improvement ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Self Help ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

The Government ◽

The Village

<p>The house is one of the basic human needs and have significance in the development of social life, economy and identity of its inhabitants. Limitations of the funds or budgets from the government in addressing the housing needs of the community led to the current government can reach out to new formal sector only. It is displaced lack access to Low-Income Communities to get home. Of self-governing society to build a house with many limitations in terms of manpower, materials and costs, so that the housing conditions of low-income communities become unfit for occupancy. For that government to the approach followed by Kemenpera Housing Improvement Program. Sub-standart housing upgrading program is intended as a stimulant or stimulus to the community in order to develop themselves and want to contribute to the development. The purpose of this study to measure and assess the extent of potential self- supporting community in the implementation of sub-standart housing upgrading program is applied in the Village Pringapus. This study uses the method mix method, mixing method used sequential explanatory design using patterns. Collection and analysis of quantitative data is beginning, after the completion followed by qualitative data collection and analysis, and interpretation of the analysis performed. Indicators and variables to be tested or analyzed are forms of non-governmental organizations and the amount of public good issued in the form of money, labor or material that is processed by techniques of quantitative analysis used descriptive statistics and explanations. While the sources of non-governmental organizations to build houses as well as the pattern of development palaksanaan processed using qualitative descriptive analysis, how to capture this data focuses on the nature exploratory interviews and field observations. The results of this study, the average total pure self-help communities make improvements issued a total of Rp 10,224,985 unloading, so self-released the 2-fold greater than with stimulants provided only Rp 5,000,000. As for the people who repair some of the average self-RP issued 2.7266 million, although this value is not too big but when viewed from the type of repair that is lightweight and does not require a large fee, a nominal 2 jt rupiah is relatively high when compared with funds stimulants. This shows that the potential for community-owned self-help program beneficiaries in the Village Pringapus PFM is very high. Apart from the magnitude-governmental organizations, community-owned self-help potential is also evident from the pattern of building a house. Society has a variety of ways as the efforts made to build his house, as done by yourself, using a carpenter, and mutual cooperation. The third way has a different essence, but in ways that use these beneficiaries is high potential in an effort to build a house. The high potential of the community indicate that the approach taken by the government through Housing Improvement program (PKP) is successful. It is evident that the approach taken by the government is able to encourage the willingness and the willingness of society to berswadaya in the implementation of their housing. But all this success can not be separated by BKM Sedya Mulya role that has empowered leading independent predicate. </p>

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The American Dream Comes Home

Sorting Out the Mixed Economy ◽

10.23943/princeton/9780691190938.003.0008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 214-248

Author(s):

Amy C. Offner

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Public Housing ◽

American Dream ◽

War On Poverty ◽

Third Way ◽

Housing Improvement ◽

Household Appliance ◽

Self Help ◽

The 1960S ◽

Third Way Politics

This chapter talks about Don Terner who imagined a new household appliance. Across the First and Third Worlds, he explained, “the concept of dweller autonomy appears to offer one of the few hopes for truly broad-based housing improvement.” This chapter also describes between the War on Poverty and Terner's death how over 26,000 US households had built their own homes using FmHA Section 502 loans. Self-help remained a small program, but it had grown since the 1960s, accounting in 1996 for 1,514 new loans totaling over $100 million. In 1995, the Clinton administration designated Self-Help Enterprises a “Partner in the American Dream” as part of its National Homeownership Strategy. A policy born alongside public housing in the expansionary days of the welfare state now thrived under the banner of Third Way politics.

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STUDY ON PLANNING OF RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERING TOWNSCAPE PRESERVATION IN HISTORICAL CONGESTED AREA

Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) ◽

10.3130/aija.77.573 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 77 (673) ◽

pp. 573-582 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mitsuhiko KAWAKAMI ◽

Yasushi YAMASHITA ◽

Hidenobu KUROI ◽

Tatsuya NISHINO

Keyword(s):

Residential Environment ◽

Congested Area

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Group Experiences and Individual Differences in Stuttering

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2019_jslhr-19-00138 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 62 (12) ◽

pp. 4335-4350 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Seth E. Tichenor ◽

J. Scott Yaruss

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Support Groups ◽

Support Group ◽

Affective States ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

Self Help ◽

Wide Range ◽

Group Experiences ◽

History Of ◽

Adults Who Stutter

Purpose This study explored group experiences and individual differences in the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings perceived by adults who stutter. Respondents' goals when speaking and prior participation in self-help/support groups were used to predict individual differences in reported behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. Method In this study, 502 adults who stutter completed a survey examining their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings in and around moments of stuttering. Data were analyzed to determine distributions of group and individual experiences. Results Speakers reported experiencing a wide range of both overt behaviors (e.g., repetitions) and covert behaviors (e.g., remaining silent, choosing not to speak). Having the goal of not stuttering when speaking was significantly associated with more covert behaviors and more negative cognitive and affective states, whereas a history of self-help/support group participation was significantly associated with a decreased probability of these behaviors and states. Conclusion Data from this survey suggest that participating in self-help/support groups and having a goal of communicating freely (as opposed to trying not to stutter) are associated with less negative life outcomes due to stuttering. Results further indicate that the behaviors, thoughts, and experiences most commonly reported by speakers may not be those that are most readily observed by listeners.

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Introduction to the Forum on Cluttering: Rays of Hope Shine Around the World

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2019_pers-19-00065 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 1566-1567

Author(s):

Isabella Reichel

Keyword(s):

Professional Preparation ◽

Joint Effort ◽

Feedback Training ◽

Successful Communication ◽

Self Help ◽

The World ◽

Common Thread ◽

Evidence Based Treatments ◽

Attention Performance ◽

Self Help Groups

Purpose In the 10 years since the International Cluttering Association (ICA) was created, this organization has been growing in the scope of its initiatives, and in the variety of resources it makes available for people with cluttering (PWC). However, the awareness of this disorder and of the methods for its intervention remain limited in countries around the world. A celebration of the multinational and multicultural engagements of the ICA's Committee of the International Representatives is a common thread running through all the articles in this forum. The first article is a joint effort among international representatives from five continents and 15 countries, exploring various themes related to cluttering, such as awareness, research, professional preparation, intervention, and self-help groups. The second article, by Elizabeth Gosselin and David Ward, investigates attention performance in PWC. In the third article, Yvonne van Zaalen and Isabella Reichel explain how audiovisual feedback training can improve the monitoring skills of PWC, with both quantitative and qualitative benefits in cognitive, emotional, and social domains of communication. In the final article, Hilda Sønsterud examines whether the working alliance between the client and clinician may predict a successful cluttering therapy outcome. Conclusions Authors of this forum exchanged their expertise, creativity, and passion with the goal of solving the mystery of the disconcerting cluttering disorder with the hope that all PWC around the globe will have access to the most effective evidence-based treatments leading to blissful and successful communication.

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Stuttering-Related Podcasts: Audio-Based Self-Help for People Who Stutter

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2020_persp-20-00014 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 1131-1138

Author(s):

Lauren E. Dignazio ◽

Megan M. Kenny ◽

Erik X. Raj ◽

Kyle D. Pelkey

Keyword(s):

Support Groups ◽

Support Group ◽

Online Survey ◽

Multiple Choice ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Group Leaders ◽

Self Help ◽

Group Members

Purpose It is known that people who stutter (PWS) benefit from self-help experiences, such as attending support groups or conferences. However, limited research has been done to explore the listening of stuttering-related podcasts as a form of self-help for PWS. This study seeks to understand the reasons why PWS listen to stuttering-related podcasts and provide descriptions of their listening experiences. Method Thirty-three PWS who have listened to stuttering-related podcasts were recruited to participate in an online survey that included multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Responses were analyzed and grouped into descriptive themes. Results Participants reported listening to stuttering-related podcasts as a way to gain information and perspective. They also reported experiences that fit themes of empowerment and camaraderie, as a result of listening. Conclusions Stuttering-related podcasts seem to be a positive self-help tool for PWS. Stuttering support group leaders and/or speech-language pathologists may consider introducing their group members or clients who stutter to this type of audio-based self-help experience.

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