| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Crisis. Baseline -- Part 2. Causes. Evidence -- Individual -- Landscape -- Market -- Part 3. Conclusion. 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. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- United States.
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Homelessness. |
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United States. |
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Metropolitan areas -- Housing -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Metropolitan areas. |
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Housing. |
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Social aspects. |
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Homelessness -- Government policy -- United States.
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Homelessness -- Government policy. |
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Homeless persons -- Substance use -- United States.
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Homeless persons -- Substance use. |
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Homeless persons. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Aldern, Clayton Page, 1990- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Colburn, Gregg, 1972- Homelessness is a housing problem Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] 9780520383760 (DLC) 2021037026 |
| ISBN |
0520383796 electronic book |
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9780520383791 electronic book |
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9780520383760 hardcover |
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9780520383784 paperback |
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