Part one of Pathways Home, a six-part series on homelessness. Gregg Colburn, author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem, dispels myths about the causes of homelessness and identifies two key risk factors that explain why rates vary so much between cities: high rents and low vacancies.

Show notes:

• Colburn, G., & Aldern, C. P. (2022). Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How structural factors explain US patterns. University of California Press.
• O’Flaherty, B. (2004). Wrong person and wrong place: For homelessness, the conjunction is what matters. Journal of Housing Economics, 13(1), 1-15.
• Glaeser, E. L., & Gyourko, J. (2005). Urban decline and durable housing. Journal of political economy, 113(2), 345-375.
• Kushel, M., & Moore, T. (2023). Towards a New Understanding: The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness. University of California, San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative.
• George, H. (1879). Progress and Poverty. Published for the Henry George Foundation of Great Britain by the Hogarth Press. 
• Shinn, M., & Khadduri, J. (2020). In the midst of plenty: Homelessness and what to do about it. Wiley Blackwell. 
• UCLA Housing Voice Episode 21: What to Do About Homelessness with Beth Shinn.