Homelessness is a housing problem / Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldren

By:

Colburn, Gregg [author]

Contributor(s):

Aldren, Clayton Page [co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oakland, California : University of California, c2022.Description: xiii, 268 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780520383784

Subject(s):

HOMELESSNESS -- GOVERNMENT POLICY -- UNITED STATES

LOC classification:

HV 4505 .C65 2022

Contents:

Part I. Crisis -- 1. Baseline -- 2. Evidence -- Part II. Causes -- 3. Individual -- 4. Landscape -- 5. Market -- Part III. Conclusion -- 6. Typology -- 7. 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Crisis -- 1. Baseline -- 2. Evidence -- Part II. Causes -- 3. Individual -- 4. Landscape -- 5. Market -- Part III. Conclusion -- 6. Typology -- 7. Response.

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.

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