Making Room

The Economics of Homelessness

Brendan O'Flaherty

  • Winner of the 1996 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award of the Association of American Publishers, Economics Category

Acknowledgments

Introduction

What Is Homelessness?

Why Is It Bad?

Homeless Histories

Daytime Streetpeople

How to Think about Housing Markets

Income Distribution

Interest Rates and Operating Costs

Cross-Section Studies

Government and Housing

Income Maintenance

Mental Health

Substance Abuse

Criminal Justice

What We Should Do

Appendix: Homeless Studies

Notes

References

Index

  • Cover: Making Room

Brendan O'Flahertyis Professor of Economics at Columbia University.