13.07.2015 Views

The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Chapter 1INTRODUCTIONPublic housing has been criticized for concentrating poor households andcontributing to neighborhood decline by acting as a barrier to private redevelopment <strong>of</strong>central cities (Goering & Feins, 2008; Schill & Wachter, 1995). <strong>The</strong> research hasidentified significant negative neighborhood effects from living in neighborhoods withconcentrated poverty (Ellen and Turner, 1997; Sampson, Moren<strong>of</strong>f and Gannon-Rowley, 2002). After a twenty year increase in concentrated poverty there was anunexpected decrease in concentrated poverty from 1990-2000 which brought the levels<strong>of</strong> concentration back to where they were in 1980 (Ellen & O'Regan, 2008; Jargowsky,2005b; Kingsley & Pettit, 2003). <strong>The</strong> reasons underlying this turnaround are not yetfully clear but changes in the location <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing has been raised as apossible explanation. <strong>Housing</strong> and poverty deconcentration policies implemented inthe 1990’s may have resulted in changes in the location <strong>of</strong> subsidized housingcontributing to positive changes in the lowest income neighborhoods (Dawkins,2007a; Ellen & O'Regan, 2008). A literature search identified 65 studies onsubsidized housing concentration and neighborhood impact which are presented inChapter 2 and a summary matrix is included in the Appendix B.1

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!