Getting off the streets

Economic resources and residential exits from homelessness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11043377
AutoresCheryl Zlotnick (0000-0002-3327-2155, Public Health Institute, autor de correspondencia), Marjorie J Robertson (Alcohol Research Group), Maureen Lahiff (0000-0001-7522-4314, University of California, Berkeley)
Año1999
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas209
Fecha de publicación1999-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199903)27:2<209::aid-jcop8>3.3.co;2-u
OpenAlexW4244954074
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas23

Based on a 15-month prospective study, the following variables demonstrated an association with residential stability in a countywide probability sample of 397 homeless adults: female gender, a history of less than 1-year homelessness, absence of a health problem that limited work ability, entitlement-benefit income, and use of subsidized housing. Multivariate analyses show that two forms of public support—entitlement income and subsidized housing—were the most important variables associated with exits from homelessness into stable housing. Homeless adults with substance use disorders were more likely than other homeless adults to obtain unstable, but not stable housing. Homeless adults with mental disorders were no less likely than other homeless adults to report stable housing. Stable housing is necessary to break the cycle of homelessness, and economic resources such as entitlement income and subsidized housing are associated with stable housing for homeless adults.© 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Entitlement (fair division) · Environmental health · Mental health · Multivariate analysis · Psychiatry · Public housing · Subsidized housing · Subsidy · Supportive housing · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Gerontology