Part I. Background -- Introduction / Elizabeth A. Mulroy -- Who are single-parent families and where do they live? / Elizabeth A. Mulroy -- Part II. Experiencing single parenthood -- Gender bias in the courts / Lynn Hecht Schafran -- Restructuring family life / Frances Smalls Caple -- Working for less : single mothers in the workplace / Teresa Amott -- The search for affordable housing / Elizabeth A. Mulroy -- Part III. A call for Federal and State action -- The role of the courts in welfare reform / Barbara Sard -- Federal policy-making and family issues / Anne L. Radigan -- Single-parent families and a right to housing / Frank I. Smizik and Michael E. Stone -- Social reform : expanding choices and increasing institutional responsiveness / Elizabeth A. Mulroy.