Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
Six years after displacement by a HOPE VI project this research examines residents who returned to the redeveloped community and residents who decided to keep their vouchers and were living in private sector housing. Respondents were compared on the following variables: application process and decision to move back, satisfaction with housing, material hardships, and perception of economic well-being. The study employed a static group comparison research design. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 56 respondents through five focus groups. Residents who moved back to the revitalized public housing were highly satisfied with their housing, had significantly fewer material hardships, and perceived their economic well-being more positively compared to residents remaining in the voucher program. Our results both support and expand upon previous empirical findings on the complex comparisons between voucher users and revitalized public housing residents.
Recommended Citation
Brooks, F., Lewinson, T., Aszman, J., & Wolk, J. (2012). Voucher users and revitalized public housing residents 6 years after displacement. Research on Social Work Practice, 22(1), 10-19. doi: 10.1177/1049731511412198
Comments
This article was originally published in Research on Social Work Practice, copyright 2012, Sage Publishing.
The author's pre-print version is posted here with the author's permission.