Full Description
The major theme in this book is that people are homeless because of structural arrangements and trends that result in extreme impoverishment and a shortage of affordable housing in U.S. cities. It explains the economic and historical causes of homelessness with accounts of individuals and families.
Contents
Overview -- Understanding Homelessness: Industrial and Urban Decline -- The Root Causes of Homelessness in American Cities -- Paths to Homelessness -- The "Old" Homeless: Sam Sheldon and Henry Walsh -- Work Versus Welfare—A False Choice: Sue Jackson -- The Economic Marginality of Young Families: Sara, Dave, Elizabeth, and Joshua -- Left Behind in a De-industrialized, Low-Wage Economy: Bob and Nancy Shagford and Their Childern -- Eviction: Debbie Jones and Her Children -- Social Service Bureaucracy and Homelessness: Diane Moore -- Runaway and Throwaway Teens: Jeffrey Giancarlo -- A Black Teenage Single Mother and Her Son: Michelle and Andre -- Battered Women and Homelessness: Barbara Evans -- Conclusion -- The Complex and Simple Reality of Homelessness -- Making Homelessness Go Away: Politics and Policy
