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

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Devine, Gray,Rubin andTaghavi (HUD) 2003 2000McClure 20041997-200250 LargestMSA'sKansasCity,MOVouchersVouchersKataria andJohnson 2004 2000 Chicago, IL VouchersFeins andPatterson 20051995-2002 U.S. VouchersExtent <strong>of</strong>concentration <strong>of</strong>subsidizedhousingEmployment andpoverty rate in thecensus tractMoving distanceand concentration<strong>of</strong> subsidizedhousing at thecensus tract level.<strong>Poverty</strong> and raceat the census tractlevelDescriptive statistics ongeographic location <strong>of</strong> vouchersand resident characteristics.Calculation <strong>of</strong> a proportionateshare measure which compareslocation <strong>of</strong> vouchers withavailable affordable housing.Compares two samples <strong>of</strong>voucher recipients before andafter welfare reform. Asks ifvoucher recipients move to areaswith greater opportunities foremployment. Multivariateregression.Logit model which looks at preand post location in a section 8lottery and relocation program.Comparison <strong>of</strong> households whoresided in public housing, thosenot in public housing and MTOparticipants. Clusteringidentified by mapping,geographic clustering, distancemoved and dispersion fromcentral business district.Longitudinal study <strong>of</strong> movingbehavior <strong>of</strong> family housingvoucher recipients. Multivariateregression includingneighborhood and householdvariables.Vouchers are more widely dispersed thansite based subsidized housing. Vouchersare less dispersed in the suburbs than in thecities when location is compared to thenumber <strong>of</strong> census tracts with affordablehousing.No statistically significant changes werefound in tract employment characteristicsfor either the 1997 or 2002 voucher groups.Most residents relocate to tracts close totheir origin. <strong>The</strong>re were demographicdifferences between these two groups andbetween the public housing residents in thisprogram and in the MTO also beingadministered by the same agency. Nonpublichousing residents relocated to moreadvantaged neighborhoods. Public housingresidents who were more like MTOparticipants were more likely to use thevoucher and moved farther. <strong>The</strong>re wasgeographic clustering.Small but consistent tendency forsubsequent moves to lower povertyneighborhoods but the change in povertywas small (from 19.8% to 18.6%).196

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