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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Social issues, justice and status
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Social issues, justice and status series.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The State of Homelessness in America( -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- The Geography of Homelessness in America -- Drivers of Variation in Homelessness across the United States -- The Price of Housing -- The Tolerability of Sleeping on the Street -- The Supply of Homeless Shelters -- Individual-Level Factors -- The Ineffectiveness of Previous Federal Policies in Reducing Homeless Populations -- Evidence on the Effectiveness of Federal Efforts in Reducing Homeless Populations -- Evidence on Decline of Homeless Populations |
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Sheltered Homeless Counts -- Unsheltered Homeless Counts -- Trump Administration Actions to Reduce Homelessness -- About the Council of Economic Advisers -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Market Predictors of Homelessness: How Housing and Community Factors Shape Homelessness Rates within Continuums of Care( -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Understanding the Problem -- Literature Review on Homelessness -- Examining Factors Associated with Homelessness -- Relationship between Housing Market Conditions and Homelessness |
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Relationship between Economic Market Conditions and Homelessness -- Relationship between Local Policy Conditions/Safety Net and Homelessness -- Relationship between Demographic Composition and Homelessness -- Relationship between Climate Conditions and Homelessness -- Data -- Dependent Variables: HUD Point-in-Time Counts -- Independent Variables: Predictors of Homelessness -- Housing Market Variables -- Economic Variables -- Safety Net Variables -- Demographic Variables -- Climate Variables -- Constructing the Dataset at the Continuum of Care Level -- Empirical Strategy -- Descriptive Analysis |
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Variable Selection -- Statistical Model and Analysis -- National Model of Homelessness -- Total Homelessness -- Sheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness -- Subgroup Analysis -- Urbanicity -- Largely Urban CoCs -- Total Homelessness -- Sheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness -- Largely Suburban Continuums of Care -- Total Homelessness -- Sheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness -- Largely Rural Continuums of Care -- Total Homelessness -- Sheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness -- Tight, High-Cost Rental Markets -- Total Homelessness |
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Sheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness on the West Coast -- Conclusion -- Total Homelessness -- Sheltered Homelessness -- Unsheltered Homelessness -- Limitations of the Study -- Next Steps and Plans for Future Research -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A: Research Questions -- Appendix B: Other Data Sources Considered -- Appendix C: Creation of Continuum of Care-to-County Crosswalk -- Continuum of Care Missing from Hud- Provided Crosswalk -- Continuum of Care and County Aggregation Assumptions -- Other Geographic Assumptions |
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Appendix D: Additional Tables |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- United States.
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Homelessness. |
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United States. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Congreve, Connor. A Closer Look at Homelessness in the United States. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, ©2020 9781536181203 |
| ISBN |
1536181218 (electronic book) |
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9781536181210 (electronic bk.) |
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