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The Voucher Promise : "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood / Eva Rosen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) : 15 b/w illusContent type:
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  • 9780691189505
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.5/82097526 23
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  • HD7288.83 .R68 2020
  • HD7288.83 .R68 2020eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. PARK HEIGHTS: "A GHOST TOWN" -- Chapter 2. HOUSING INSECURITY AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES -- Chapter 3. "A PLACE TO CALL HOME": THE PROMISE OF HOUSING VOUCHERS -- Chapter 4. "NO VOUCHERS HERE": THE CHALLENGES OF USING THE VOUCHER -- Chapter 5. "A TENANT FOR EVERY HOUSE": THE ROLE OF LANDLORDS -- Chapter 6. THE RECEIVING NEIGHBORHOOD: "NOT IN MY FRONT YARD" -- Chapter 7. MOVING ON -- Chapter 8. CONCLUSION -- METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A NOTE ON THE TYPE
Summary: An in-depth look at America's largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhoodHousing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they?The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as "Section 8," and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve.Rosen spent more than a year living in Park Heights, sitting on front stoops, getting to know families, accompanying them on housing searches, speaking to landlords, and learning about the neighborhood's history. Voucher holders disproportionately end up in this area despite rampant unemployment, drugs, crime, and abandoned housing. Exploring why they are unable to relocate to other neighborhoods, Rosen illustrates the challenges in obtaining vouchers and the difficulties faced by recipients in using them when and where they want to. Yet, despite the program's real shortcomings, she argues that vouchers offer basic stability for families and should remain integral to solutions for the nation's housing crisis.Delving into the connections between safe, affordable housing and social mobility, The Voucher Promise investigates the profound benefits and formidable obstacles involved in housing America's poor.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. PARK HEIGHTS: "A GHOST TOWN" -- Chapter 2. HOUSING INSECURITY AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES -- Chapter 3. "A PLACE TO CALL HOME": THE PROMISE OF HOUSING VOUCHERS -- Chapter 4. "NO VOUCHERS HERE": THE CHALLENGES OF USING THE VOUCHER -- Chapter 5. "A TENANT FOR EVERY HOUSE": THE ROLE OF LANDLORDS -- Chapter 6. THE RECEIVING NEIGHBORHOOD: "NOT IN MY FRONT YARD" -- Chapter 7. MOVING ON -- Chapter 8. CONCLUSION -- METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A NOTE ON THE TYPE

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An in-depth look at America's largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhoodHousing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they?The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as "Section 8," and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve.Rosen spent more than a year living in Park Heights, sitting on front stoops, getting to know families, accompanying them on housing searches, speaking to landlords, and learning about the neighborhood's history. Voucher holders disproportionately end up in this area despite rampant unemployment, drugs, crime, and abandoned housing. Exploring why they are unable to relocate to other neighborhoods, Rosen illustrates the challenges in obtaining vouchers and the difficulties faced by recipients in using them when and where they want to. Yet, despite the program's real shortcomings, she argues that vouchers offer basic stability for families and should remain integral to solutions for the nation's housing crisis.Delving into the connections between safe, affordable housing and social mobility, The Voucher Promise investigates the profound benefits and formidable obstacles involved in housing America's poor.

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