Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns

Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it.

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