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The Location Of Homelessness

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Elena Sheridan
12 October 2004 - 10:00am

Shelter downsizing, closure and relocation, as well as the creation of smaller facilities for specialized groups, appear to have spread sheltered homelessness to different locations throughout the metropolis over the 1990s.

Shelter downsizing, closure and relocation, as well as the creation of smaller facilities for specialized groups, appear to have spread sheltered homelessness to different locations throughout the metropolis over the 1990s. Still, this Living Cities Census Series paper by Barrett Lee and Chad Farrell finds that critical mass homeless neighborhoods are found largely in struggling central city locales.

Full Story: Metropolitan Neighborhoods with Sheltered Homeless Populations: Evidence from the 1990 and 2000 Censuses
Source: The Brookings Institution, October 25, 2005
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