How widespread is homelessness, how did it happen, and what can be
done about it? These are the questions explored by Christopher
Jencks, one of America's foremost analysts of social problems.
Jencks examines the standard explanations and finds that the
de-institutionalization of the mentally ill, the invention of crack
cocaine, rising joblessness among men, declining marriage rates,
cuts in welfare benefits and the desruction of skid row have all
played a role. Changes in the housing market have had less impact
than many claim, however, and real federal housing subsidies
actually doubled during the 1980s. Not confining his mission to
studying the homeless, Jencks proposes several practical approaches
to helping the homeless.
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