History of Poverty and Homelessness in the USA
History of Poverty and Homelessness in NYC
Books
Articles
- The Institute of Children, Poverty, and Homelessness presents timelines, maps, stories, and articles exploring the historical experience of family poverty and homelessness, and society's response to it.
- Homelessness Past and Present: The Case of the United States, 1890-1924 (New England Journal of Public Policy)
- Homelessness in Colonial America (blog post)
- The History of Homelessness in America 1640s to Present ( Robert Fischer)
- U.S. History in Context: Poverty (Gale)
- Poverty in America
- The History of the Official Poverty Measure (U.S. Census Bureau)
- The Causes of Homelessness in America (Stanford University)
Books
- Down and Out, on the Road: The Homeless in American History (Kenneth L. Kusmer)
- The Poor Among Us: A History of Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City (Nunez & Scribnick)
Articles
- The Worst Thing Bill Clinton Has Done (Atlantic Magazine, 1997)
- The End of Welfare as We Know It (Atlantic Magazine, April 2016)
- 20 Years Since Welfare 'Reform' (Atlantic Magazine, August 2016)
- The 'Welfare Queen' is a Lie (Atlantic Magazine, Sept 2016)