TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colburn,Gregg
AU  - Aldern,Clayton Page
TI  - Homelessness is a housing problem: how structural factors explain U.S. patterns 
SN  - 9780520383760
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Homelessness
KW  - United States
KW  - Metropolitan areas
KW  - Housing
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Homeless persons
KW  - Substance use
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-256) and index (pages 257-268); Crisis; Baseline --; Evidence --; Causes; Individual --; Landscape --; Market --; Conclusion; Typology --; Response
N2  - "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
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