Does Locational Choice Matter? A Comparison of Different Subsidized Housing Programs in Phoenix, Arizona
Description:
The authors examine the locational patterns of three subsidized housing programs — conventional project-based, section 8 assisted rental, and shelter plus care supported housing for the severely mentally ill and homeless — in Phoenix, Arizona. They demonstrate that these programs are reinforcing the existing concentrations of the three types of subsidized housing in some Phoenix neighborhoods. The findings for Phoenix suggest that voucher and certificate policies designed to deconcentrate the poor are not achieving some of their major objectives. Indeed, the policies pursued by different providers of subsidized housing may cumulatively lead to increasing concentrations of all such housing in tracts that are already compromised by concentrations of the urban poor. (Authors)
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
2000
Volume:
35
Issue:
4
Pages:
520-540