Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
by Colburn, Gregg | New BookDescription
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 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.
| Author(s): | Colburn, Gregg |
|---|---|
| Book Type: | New Book |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 0520383788 |
| EAN: | 9780520383784 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Pages: | 284 |
| Publication Date: | 2022-03-15 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Weight: | 0.7 Pounds |
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