Marybeth Shinn - In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It

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Shinn and Khadduris new book is a thorough yet concise examination of what we know about the nature and causes of homelessness, and the crucial lessons learned. This critically important work provides a roadmap to restoring basic housing and income security as viable policy options, in the face of our daunting inequality divide that otherwise threatens millions with destitution and homelessness.

Dennis Culhane, Dana and Andrew Stone Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania

Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri have combined their significant expertise to create an essential guide about the history of modern homelessness and to offer a clear path forward to end this American tragedy. Their policy recommendations on ending homelessness are culled from the best about what we know works.

Barbara Poppe, Executive Director US Interagency Council on Homeless, 20092014

The authors of this book have a deep knowledge of its subject, and anyone with a serious interest in ending homelessness would benefit from reading it. The book describes a wide range of approaches that have been used to alleviate homelessness and provides a thoughtful assessment of the evidence on their effectiveness.

Edgar O. Olsen, Professor of Economics & Public Policy, University of Virginia

The book provides an excellent overview of the causes of homelessness and a hardheaded assessment of the efficacy of different policies to address it. The authors offer a clear and balanced summary of research evidence and suggest both incremental reforms to existing programs as well as major, but still politically plausible, expansions. Readers will walk away with a much richer understanding of homelessness along with some hope that with the right set of policies, government can reduce it.

Ingrid Gould Ellen, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Wagner School, New York University

As California grapples with the growing humanitarian crisis of homelessness, Shinn and Khadduris book is eagerly anticipated by researchers and policy makers alike. Even in its draft stages, this highly credible and rigorously researched book has informed local strategies to prevent homelessness.

Janey Rountree, Executive Director of the California Policy Lab

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Shinn, Marybeth, editor. | Khadduri, Jill, editor.
Title: In the midst of plenty : homelessness and what to do about it / edited by Marybeth Shinn, Jill Khadduri.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : WileyBlackwell, [2020] | Series: Contemporary social issues | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019053468 (print) | LCCN 2019053469 (ebook) | ISBN 9781405181259 (hardback) | ISBN 9781405181242 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119104766 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119104759 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: HomelessnessUnited States. | Homeless personsUnited States.
Classification: LCC HV4505 .I52 2020 (print) | LCC HV4505 (ebook) | DDC 362.5/920973dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053468
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053469

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For Dave and Tom, with thanks for their love and support, and many dinners cooked along the way.