Homelessness systems in the USA

Deborah K. Padgett

Chapter 12 in Research Handbook on Homelessness, 2024, pp 163-176 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter examines homelessness systems in the USA, tracing their development over time. The chapter starts by looking at shelters and emergency accommodation before looking at more contemporary responses such as Housing First. The chapter highlights the tension between efforts to accommodate and efforts end homelessness. The chapter argues that while there is an incremental shift from shelter to housing-focused solutions, the pace is too slow to significantly shift a status quo that remains focused on accommodation of the problem.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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