Post-Disaster Sheltering and Housing of Hispanics, The Elderly, and the Homeless

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This project focuses on lessons that can be learned from the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The project will be a longitudinal, comparative case study of sheltering and housing in the aftermath of the earthquake. It will specifically address the sheltering/housing needs and problems of low- income Hispanics as compared to a non-Hispanic community. The methodology will be based on in-depth interviews with local, state, and federal officials and within Hispanic community organizations. All phases of post-disaster sheltering and housing will be studied. The study sites will be Watsonville and Santa Cruz, California.