on welfare have been on the rolls for less than a year (Nunez 2001). This figure shows that a significant segment of the homeless population have not been receiving long-term public assistance. This tends to suggest that they moved from a stable existence to welfare assistance and homelessness in a relatively short time.
             Ironically, booming economies also have a way of exacerbating the homelessness problem. In Boston, for example, Menino (2000) noted that the growing economy created 42,000 new jobs in 1999, and therefore increased rent prices. More than 50,000 Boston residents were already spending over half their income on h
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