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English 001 (Yungerman): Search Terms

BK: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Search Terms : Housing

LIBRARY SUBJECT TERMS

Homelessness

Gentrification

Displacement

Housing--United States

Eviction

Social Problem:

Homelessness
"Housing crisis"
"Lack of affordable housing"

 

Current Solutions:

"social housing"

"Rent control"

"affordable housing"
"Tenants rights"
"Low income housing"
"Housing voucher" (eg section 8)
"Subsidized housing"
"Homeless shelter"

Housing bills (California)(2018)
Housing crisis 
"Housing policy"

"Eviction moratorium" 
 

Search Terms: Income

LIBRARY SUBJECT TERMS

Social Class

Working Class

Poverty

Social Mobility

Social Problem:
"Low income"
"Poverty level"
"Poverty guideline"
"Minimum wage"
"Living wage"
"Working poor"

"Income inequality"
Current Solutions:

Increase minimum wage

"Upward Mobility"
"public assistance" (e.g. welfare)
Unionization
"Unemployment benefits"
"Job training program"
School business partnership

"Basic universal income"
"Financial incentives": tax breaks & subsidies for companies to come to an area and hire workers
"Lower taxes" 
"Impose tariffs"

 

Searching with Keywords

1.  Enter search terms as one or two words.  No long phrases.

2.  Put the connector, AND, in between each of your search terms. (In some databases there are multi-lines and the connector, AND is on the left of each line.  In this case, place one search term for each line).

3.  Click on the Search button.

 

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