Down and Out in America The Origins of Homelessness

Preface 1. On the Bottom and Out on the Fringe 2. The New Homeless and the Old 3. Counting the Homeless and the Extremely Poor 4. The Condition of the Homeless and the Extremely Poor: Location and Economic Circumstances 5. The Demography of Homelessness and Extreme Poverty 6. Vulnerability to Homelessness 7. Why We Have Homelessness and Extreme Poverty and What to Do about Them Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography of the Combined Homeless Studies and Studies on the Extremely Poor Appendix B. The Design of the Chicago Homeless Study References Index