The voucher promise : "Section 8" and the fate of an American neighborhood /

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"This book examines the Housing Voucher Choice Program, colloquially known as "Section 8," and the effect of the program on low-income families living in Park Heights in Baltimore. In a new era of housing policy that hopes to solve poverty with opportunity in the form of jobs, social...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rosen, Eva, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Rent subsidies > Maryland > Baltimore.
Housing subsidies > Maryland > Baltimore.
Housing policy > Maryland > Baltimore.
Logement > Allocations > Maryland > Baltimore.
Aide de l'État au logement > Maryland > Baltimore.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale > Maryland > Baltimore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Economic history
Housing policy
Housing subsidies
Rent subsidies
Park Heights (Baltimore, Md.) > Economic conditions.
Baltimore (Md.) > Economic conditions.
Maryland > Baltimore
Alice Goffman.
American poverty.
Ben Austin.
Ben Carson.
Down, Out, and Under Arrest.
Esther Sullivan.
Evicted.
FMR.
Forrest Stuart.
Freddie Gray.
HCVP.
HUD.
High-Risers.
Manufactured Insecurity.
Matthew Desmond.
On the Run.
PHA.
Richard Rothstein.
The Color of Law.
The Wire.
ethnography.
fair market rent.
horizontal immobility.
housing insecurity.
housing projects.
low-income housing.
low-income renters.
poor neighborhoods.
public housing authority.
public housing.
rent subsidies.
residential mobility.
slumlords.
social policy.
social safety net.
urban affairs.
urban development.
urban sociology.
urban studies.
white flight.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Park Heights
  • Housing insecurity & survival strategies
  • The promise of housing vouchers
  • The challenges of using the voucher
  • "A tenant for every house"
  • "Not in my front yard"
  • Choosing to move, choosing to stay.

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