TY  - SER
AU  - Cohen, Elior
TI  - Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Placing Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Housing Programs on Future Homelessness and Socioeconomic Outcomes
SN  - 1945-7782
PB  - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
KW  -  Neighborhood Characteristics, Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy
KW  -  Population
KW  -  Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs, Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law, Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration
KW  -  Public Pensions, Health Behavior, Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs
KW  - Education
KW  - Social Science
N2  - This study measures the impact of rapidly placing single adults experiencing homelessness in housing programs on future homelessness, crime, and health. Using a caseworker placement tendencies design and a novel dataset constructed by linking administrative records from multiple public agencies in Los Angeles County, I estimate that rapidly placing individuals in housing programs significantly reduces the likelihood of future return to the homeless support system, crime, and reliance on emergency cash assistance, yet it does not have a detectable effect on health services utilization. These findings demonstrate that rapid housing placements can have both rehabilitative and potentially cost-saving impacts
UR  - https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20220014
ER  -