Making room : the economics of homelessness / Brendan O'Flaherty.
1996
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Author
Title
Making room : the economics of homelessness / Brendan O'Flaherty.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Call Number
HV4488 .O36 1996
ISBN
0674543424 (alk. paper)
Description
xi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)33244332
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-341) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1
Introduction
1
2
What Is Homelessness?
9
3
Why Is It Bad?
20
4
Homeless Histories
31
5
Daytime Streetpeople
81
6
How to Think about Housing Markets
96
7
Income Distribution
128
8
Interest Rates and Operating Costs
155
9
Cross-Section Studies
164
10
Government and Housing
171
11
Income Maintenance
209
12
Mental Health
226
13
Substance Abuse
248
14
Criminal Justice
263
15
What We Should Do
275
Appendix: Homeless Studies
301
Notes
315
References
329
Index
343