Do Homeless Shelter Conditions Determine Shelter Population? the Case of the Dinkins Deluge
Description:
We study why families enter and leave homeless shelters. After 2 years of decline, the number of homeless families in New York City's shelter system began rising again in summer 1990 and continued to rise until it hit an all-time record high in summer 1993. The conventional wisdom is that a flood of new families were attracted into shelters by the Dinkins administration's aggressive policy of placing homeless families into subsidized housing.
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
1999
Volume:
46
Issue:
3
Pages:
377-415
Location:
Amsterdam