Departmental Papers (SPP)

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

November 1991

Comments

Reprinted from The New York Times, 1991, page A 15.

Abstract

The shelter reveals a charade in American welfare policy, pretending to show concern for the visible poor while demonstrating contempt for the invisible poor -- those struggling to keep a day ahead of homelessness. As we try to help the homeless with shelters, we ignore the policies that continue to put people in them.

Keywords

homelessness, policy analysis

Date Posted: 11 June 2008