Dr. Courtney Cronley

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Book Details

Title

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns

Author

Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern

Award Year
ISBN
9780520383791

Honoree Information

Dr. Courtney Cronley

Position

Professor

Department

Social Work

Occasion

On the occasion of Dr. Courtney Cronley's promotion to Professor

Why Chosen

This book provides a clear empirical argument and example of what I've said throughout my career - homelessness is a housing problem - and it is not an inevitability. The authors offer city-based comparisons showing relationships between increased housing stock, lower housing/rent prices, and lower rates of homelessness. All communities can reduce homelessness if they make investments in housing. We can do this in Knoxville, also.