Departmental Papers (SPP)
Title
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
November 1991
Start 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
Recommended Citation
Culhane, D. P. (1991). Poorhouse Revisited. A 15-. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/spp_papers/129
Date Posted: 11 June 2008
Comments
Reprinted from The New York Times, 1991, page A 15.