Homelessness is a housing problem : how structural factors explain U.S. patterns /
Colburn, Gregg, 1972-
Homelessness is a housing problem : how structural factors explain U.S. patterns / How structural factors explain U.S. patterns Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern. - xiii, 268 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-256) and index (pages 257-268).
Crisis. Baseline -- Evidence -- Individual -- Landscape -- Market -- Typology -- Response. Causes. Conclusion.
"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.
9780520383760 0520383761 9780520383784 0520383788
2021037026
GBC210174 bnb
020466408 Uk
Homelessness--United States.
Metropolitan areas--Housing--Social aspects--United States.
Homelessness--Government policy--United States.
Homeless persons--Substance use--United States.
Homelessness is a housing problem : how structural factors explain U.S. patterns / How structural factors explain U.S. patterns Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern. - xiii, 268 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-256) and index (pages 257-268).
Crisis. Baseline -- Evidence -- Individual -- Landscape -- Market -- Typology -- Response. Causes. Conclusion.
"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.
9780520383760 0520383761 9780520383784 0520383788
2021037026
GBC210174 bnb
020466408 Uk
Homelessness--United States.
Metropolitan areas--Housing--Social aspects--United States.
Homelessness--Government policy--United States.
Homeless persons--Substance use--United States.