Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it. 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 cityincluding mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and low-income mobilityand 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.
Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
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- UPC:
- 9780520383784
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 3/15/2022
- Release Date:
- 3/15/2022
- Author:
- Aldern, Clayton Page
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Pages:
- 283