Our Path Home is incredibly excited to host Dr. Gregg Colburn, author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem at the Idaho State Museum.
In his recently released book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem, Colburn and his research partner Clayton Page Aldern, ask “Why do rates of homelessness differ from community to community?” and “What role does the availability of affordable housing play in solving homelessness at both an individual and community level?”
In this lecture, Dr. Colburn will summarize the findings from his book and explain regional variation in rates of homelessness throughout the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, the authors shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. With rigor and clarity, Homelessness Is a Housing Problem explores U.S. cities’ diverse experiences with housing precarity and offers policy solutions for unique regional contexts. He will conclude his lecture by applying the findings from his book to the unique context of Boise.
Dr. Colburn is a Kennedy Associates Endowed Professor at University of Washington, where he enjoys teaching courses in housing, economics, and finance at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He maintains an active research agenda focused on housing policy, housing markets, housing affordability, and homelessness. Dr. Colburn is also actively engaged in a wide range of community efforts to address the acute housing crisis in the Puget Sound region. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Dr. Colburn entered academia after spending the first seventeen years of his professional life in the private sector.
This event will be held in the Idaho State Museum’s Ballroom (610 Julia Davis Dr., Boise, ID 83702) on Thursday, November 10th from 1 – 2:30 p.m.
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