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100 _aColburn, Gregg
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245 _aHomelessness is a housing problem /
_cGregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldren
260 _aOakland, California :
_bUniversity of California,
_cc2022.
300 _axiii, 268 pages ;
_c21 cm.
365 _bUSD27.00
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aPart I. Crisis -- 1. Baseline -- 2. Evidence -- Part II. Causes -- 3. Individual -- 4. Landscape -- 5. Market -- Part III. Conclusion -- 6. Typology -- 7. Response.
520 _aIn 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.
650 _aHOMELESSNESS -- GOVERNMENT POLICY -- UNITED STATES
700 _aAldren, Clayton Page
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