Homelessness is a housing problem : how structural factors explain U.S. patterns / Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern.
| Author/creator |
Colburn, Gregg, 1972- author. |
| Other author/creator | Aldern, Clayton Page, 1990- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2022 |
| Description | xiii, 268 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Baseline -- Evidence -- Individual -- Landscape -- Market -- Typology -- Response. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-256) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Colburn, Gregg, 1972- Homelessness is a housing problem Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] 9780520383791 |
| LCCN | 2021037026 |
| ISBN | 9780520383760 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0520383761 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780520383784 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0520383788 (paperback) |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV4505 .C656 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |