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A Closer Look at Homelessness in the United States /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Congreve, Connor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2020]
Colección:Social issues, justice and status series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • The State of Homelessness in America(
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • The Geography of Homelessness in America
  • Drivers of Variation in Homelessness across the United States
  • The Price of Housing
  • The Tolerability of Sleeping on the Street
  • The Supply of Homeless Shelters
  • Individual-Level Factors
  • The Ineffectiveness of Previous Federal Policies in Reducing Homeless Populations
  • Evidence on the Effectiveness of Federal Efforts in Reducing Homeless Populations
  • Evidence on Decline of Homeless Populations
  • Sheltered Homeless Counts
  • Unsheltered Homeless Counts
  • Trump Administration Actions to Reduce Homelessness
  • About the Council of Economic Advisers
  • References
  • Chapter 2
  • Market Predictors of Homelessness: How Housing and Community Factors Shape Homelessness Rates within Continuums of Care(
  • Acknowledgments
  • Disclaimer
  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Understanding the Problem
  • Literature Review on Homelessness
  • Examining Factors Associated with Homelessness
  • Relationship between Housing Market Conditions and Homelessness
  • Relationship between Economic Market Conditions and Homelessness
  • Relationship between Local Policy Conditions/Safety Net and Homelessness
  • Relationship between Demographic Composition and Homelessness
  • Relationship between Climate Conditions and Homelessness
  • Data
  • Dependent Variables: HUD Point-in-Time Counts
  • Independent Variables: Predictors of Homelessness
  • Housing Market Variables
  • Economic Variables
  • Safety Net Variables
  • Demographic Variables
  • Climate Variables
  • Constructing the Dataset at the Continuum of Care Level
  • Empirical Strategy
  • Descriptive Analysis
  • Variable Selection
  • Statistical Model and Analysis
  • National Model of Homelessness
  • Total Homelessness
  • Sheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Subgroup Analysis
  • Urbanicity
  • Largely Urban CoCs
  • Total Homelessness
  • Sheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Largely Suburban Continuums of Care
  • Total Homelessness
  • Sheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Largely Rural Continuums of Care
  • Total Homelessness
  • Sheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Tight, High-Cost Rental Markets
  • Total Homelessness
  • Sheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness on the West Coast
  • Conclusion
  • Total Homelessness
  • Sheltered Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Homelessness
  • Limitations of the Study
  • Next Steps and Plans for Future Research
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix A: Research Questions
  • Appendix B: Other Data Sources Considered
  • Appendix C: Creation of Continuum of Care-to-County Crosswalk
  • Continuum of Care Missing from Hud- Provided Crosswalk
  • Continuum of Care and County Aggregation Assumptions
  • Other Geographic Assumptions