TY - BOOK AU - Rosen,Eva TI - The Voucher Promise: "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood SN - 9780691189505 AV - HD7288.83 .R68 2020 U1 - 363.5/82097526 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Housing policy KW - Maryland KW - Baltimore KW - Housing subsidies KW - Rent subsidies KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban KW - bisacsh KW - Alice Goffman KW - American poverty KW - Ben Austin KW - Ben Carson KW - Down, Out, and Under Arrest KW - Esther Sullivan KW - Evicted KW - FMR KW - Forrest Stuart KW - Freddie Gray KW - HCVP KW - HUD KW - High-Risers KW - Manufactured Insecurity KW - Matthew Desmond KW - On the Run KW - PHA KW - Richard Rothstein KW - The Color of Law KW - The Wire KW - ethnography KW - fair market rent KW - horizontal immobility KW - housing insecurity KW - housing projects KW - low-income housing KW - low-income renters KW - poor neighborhoods KW - public housing authority KW - public housing KW - rent subsidies KW - residential mobility KW - slumlords KW - social policy KW - social safety net KW - urban affairs KW - urban development KW - urban sociology KW - urban studies KW - white flight N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691189505?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691189505 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691189505.jpg ER -