| Description |
xiii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Baseline -- Evidence -- Individual -- Landscape -- Market -- Typology -- Response. |
| Summary |
"In Homelessness is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a range of conventional beliefs about what drives the prevalence of homelessness in a given city-including mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and low-income mobility-and find that none explain the regional variation observed across the country. Instead, housing market conditions, such as the cost and availability of rental housing, offer a far more convincing account. With rigor and clarity, Homelessness is a Housing Problem explores U.S. cities' diverse experiences with housing precarity and offers policy solutions for unique regional contexts"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- United States.
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Metropolitan areas -- Housing -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Homelessness -- Government policy -- United States.
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Homeless persons -- Substance use -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Aldern, Clayton Page, 1990- author.
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| ISBN |
9780520383760 (cloth) |
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9780520383784 (paperback) |
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