Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

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How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns

By Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern

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In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern investigate why rates of homelessness vary so widely across U.S. cities. Challenging common assumptions that attribute homelessness to individual factors like mental illness or poverty, the authors focus on broader metropolitan housing markets. Through clear and accessible statistical analysis, they demonstrate that housing costs and rental availability are the key drivers behind regional homelessness disparities, offering tailored policy solutions to address housing insecurity.
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This book suits readers interested in urban policy, social issues, and housing markets, including students, academics, community advocates, and policymakers seeking evidence-based insights into homelessness.

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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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San Francisco Examiner calls the analysis "essential and convincing" for understanding homelessness' root causes. Christian Century highlights the book's informative approach and utility for advocacy and community planning. The Journal of the American Planning Association praises its straightforward prose and usefulness to planners aiming to dispel myths about homelessness. The Journal of Urban Affairs describes it as "timely and readable."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520383784

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 March 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 26 charts, 2 tables

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 284

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Clayton Page Aldern Education & Reference Gregg Colburn Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Gregg Colburn is Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, where he studies housing policy, housing affordability, and homelessness.

Clayton Page Aldern is a data scientist and policy analyst based in Seattle.