The Roles of Housing and Poverty in the Origins of Homelessness
Description:
This article documents how low-income households are being added and housing units removed from the musical chairs perspective on homelessness. That is, it traces the roles of increasing poverty and the growing shortage of affordable housing in the origins of homelessness. The causes of homelessness differ somewhat for families and for single adults. Families, for the purposes of this discussion are defined as adults living with children; single adults are those who do not have children with them, whether or not they are married or are parents. The distinction corresponds to the ways in which individuals are classified by most shelter systems, although shelters also shape family composition, for example, by refusing to house men or older boys with their families.
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
1994
Volume:
37
Issue:
4
Pages:
505