{"product_id":"homelessness-is-a-housing-problem-how-structural-factors-explain-u-s-patterns","title":"Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns","description":"\u003cb\u003eUsing rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains \u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003ehomelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHomelessness Is a Housing Problem\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eHomelessness Is a Housing Problem\u003c\/i\u003e explores U.S. cities' diverse experiences with housing precarity and offers policy solutions for unique regional contexts.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0520383788\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780520383784\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Colburn, Gregg, Aldern, Clayton Page\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Mar 2022)","offer_id":46081594753221,"sku":"9780520383784","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780520383784.jpg?v=1776047478","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/homelessness-is-a-housing-problem-how-structural-factors-explain-u-s-patterns","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}