""William Dickens" [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
If someone knows of a study showing that homelessness is voluntary I would lo
ve to see it.
Here's a link to comprehensive study done by the Urban Institute
(careful, document is all in one page, over 500KB):
"Mark Steckbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
An interesting news story affirming my contention that zoning
restrictions contribute to homelessness is the push by a few northern
Virginia state lawmakers to enact a state law outlawing residents from
sleeping in any rooms of their homes other
If someone knows of a study showing that homelessness is voluntary I would love to see
it. I've never heard that claimed before for the obvious reason -- how would you ask
about it? I can't imagine that a majority of homeless would say that they would prefer
living on the street no matter what
I believe that what most of these "studies" refer to is based on revealed
preferences: Given that jobs and homes are available that these people could
choose in order to move off of the streets, the fact that they still live on
the streets demonstrates their revealed preference for homelessness
"Daljit Dhadwal [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
I understand this argument, but is this the best economics can do in
explaining why people are homeless?
Yes, there are people who are homeless because mental institutions
cannot accommodate them. More often than not, state mental health
