TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colburn, Gregg 
AU  - Aldren, Clayton Page 
TI  - Homelessness is a housing problem
SN  - 9780520383784
AV  - HV 4505 .C65 2022 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California
KW  - HOMELESSNESS -- GOVERNMENT POLICY -- UNITED STATES
N1  - 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
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
ER  -