The Urban Homeless: a Portrait of Urban Dislocation

Peter H. Rossi and James D. Wright
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Peter H. Rossi: Social and Demographic Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
James D. Wright: Department of Sociology at Tulane University

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1989, vol. 501, issue 1, 132-142

Abstract: In this decade, homelessness has been recognized as a serious and growing urban social problem. Using a new research approach to the study of undomiciled urban populations, we describe the social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the literally homeless population in Chicago. The homeless in the Chicago sample are unaffiliated persons living in extreme poverty, with high levels of physical and mental disability. Homelessness is interpreted as a manifestation of extreme poverty among persons without families in housing markets with declining stocks of inexpensive dwelling units suitable for single persons.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716289501001009

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