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Voucher Users And Revitalized Public Housing Residents Six Years After Displacement, Fred Brooks, Terri Lewinson, Jennifer Aszman, Jim Wolk
Voucher Users And Revitalized Public Housing Residents Six Years After Displacement, Fred Brooks, Terri Lewinson, Jennifer Aszman, Jim Wolk
SW Publications
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, …
Liminal Living At An Extended Stay Hotel: Feeling "Stuck" In A Housing Solution, Terri Lewinson, June Gary Hopps, Patricia Reeves
Liminal Living At An Extended Stay Hotel: Feeling "Stuck" In A Housing Solution, Terri Lewinson, June Gary Hopps, Patricia Reeves
SW Publications
As a result of unaffordable housing, many of America's working poor are forced to seek shelter in hotels to avoid homelessness. The concept of liminality has been used in discussions of place to describe the subjective experience of feeling in-between two states of being. Research is scant on the liminal experiences of low-income hotel residents, who are culturally invisible in society. This paper draws from data qualitatively collected via semi-structured interviews from ten low-income residents living in an extended-stay hotel. Descriptions of these residential experiences are presented along with recommendations for social workers practicing with families in this liminal situation.