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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	HV4488 .O36 1996		AVAILABLE

Author	O'Flaherty, Brendan.
Title	Making room : the economics of homelessness / Brendan O'Flaherty.
OCLC	33244332
ISBN	0674543424 (alk. paper)
Publisher	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Description	xi, 349 pages ; 25 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Homelessness -- United States.
	Homelessness -- Canada.
	Housing -- United States.
	Housing -- Canada.
	Housing policy -- United States.
	Housing policy -- Canada.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-341) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- What is homelessness? -- Why is it bad? -- Homeless histories -- Daytime streetpeople -- How to think about housing markets -- Income distribution -- Interest rates and operating costs -- Cross-section studies -- Government and housing -- Income maintenance -- Mental health -- Substance abuse -- Criminal justice -- What we should do -- Appendix : Homeless studies.

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