A study of homelessness, focusing on the incomes, rents and demographic characteristics of a population of renters who may be at risk of becoming homeless. It is based on a survey of four US metropolitan areas - Baltimore, Houston, Chicago and Seattle - over an eight-year period.

She proposes a theory of structural change and discusses two prominent competing theories of homelessness. She developes the criteria used to select the four metropolitan areas that form the focus of the study: Baltimore, Houston, Chicago and Seattle. These four represent a range in the extent of homelessness from 3 per 10,000 to 28 per 10,000.

Theories of homelessness
homelessness and area-specific characteristics
data and methodology
Baltimore
Chicago
Houston
Seattle
the relationship between quality and price.