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Homelessness systems in the USA

In: Research Handbook on Homelessness

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  • Deborah K. Padgett

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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.

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  • Deborah K. Padgett, 2024. "Homelessness systems in the USA," Chapters, in: Guy Johnson & Dennis Culhane & Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Stephen Metraux & Eoin O’Sullivan (ed.), Research Handbook on Homelessness, chapter 12, pages 163-176, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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