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The Causes of Homelessness and the Characteristics Associated With High Risk of Homelessness: A Review of Intercity and Intracity Homelessness Data

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  • Deden Rukmana

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Two different city-level homelessness data types have been used by many homelessness studies in the United States: intercity data and intracity data. Intercity homelessness data are collected through cross-sectional surveys to estimate the number of persons experiencing homelessness in each city or metropolitan area. Intracity homelessness data are collected through prior address information reported by persons experiencing homelessness within a city’s jurisdiction. This article reviews and compares both city-level homelessness data types. The comparison of intercity and intracity data offers insight into the strength and weaknesses of each data type in identifying the causes of homelessness and the characteristics associated with a high risk of homelessness. Intercity homelessness data examine the effect of policy and institutional variables and community-level variables that vary across cities on the prevalence of homelessness. Meanwhile, intracity homelessness data focus on the spatial variation of demographic, socioeconomic, housing, and other neighborhood factors that contribute to the incidence of homelessness within a jurisdiction that has the same policy and institutional variables. The findings from intracity and intercity homelessness data are not contradictory but complementary. The complementary findings between intercity and intracity homelessness data provide important information for planners to address homelessness at local levels.

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  • Deden Rukmana, 2020. "The Causes of Homelessness and the Characteristics Associated With High Risk of Homelessness: A Review of Intercity and Intracity Homelessness Data," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 291-308, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:houspd:v:30:y:2020:i:2:p:291-308
    DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2019.1684334
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    1. Luciano Magalhães Vitorino & Jorge Gelvane Tostes & Júlio César Lima Ferreira & Luiz Aurelio Gazzola de Oliveira & João Gabriel Possetti & Marcelo Teixeira Silva Jr & Mário Vicente Campos GuimarÃ, 2024. "Association between religiosity/spirituality and substance use among homeless individuals," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 70(2), pages 330-339, March.
    2. Fitzpatrick, Suzanne & Bramley, Glen, 2021. "The ruling parties’ record on homelessness and complex needs (May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020)," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121568, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Glen Bramley, 2021. "The Ruling Parties’ Record on Homelessness and Complex Needs (May 2015 to pre-COVID 2020)," CASE - Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Papers 09, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.

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