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来源

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE,Vol.29,Issue2,P.319-342

语言

英文

关键字

housing subsidies; child development; low income; public policy; rental assistance demonstration (RAD); HOPE VI REVITALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; WELFARE POLICIES; MENTAL-HEAL

作者单位

[Aratani, Yumiko] Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, Natl Ctr Children Poverty, Hlth & Mental Hlth Unit, New York, NY 10027 USA. [Lazzeroni, Sarah; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne] Teachers Coll, Natl Ctr Children & Families, New York, NY USA. [Hernandez, Diana] Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, Sociomed Sci, New York, NY USA. Aratani, Y (reprint author), Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, Natl Ctr Children Poverty, Hlth & Mental Hlth Unit, New York, NY 10027 USA. E-Mail: ya61@cumc.columbia.edu

摘要

In this article, we ask how housing subsidies might influence young children. We examine two national housing policies - public housing assistance and the Section 8 vouchers program - and two demonstration projects that aimed to improve the administration of providing housing subsidies - HOPE (Homeownership Opportunities for People Everywhere) VI and Moving to Opportunity. This article is a critical examination of these policies and demonstration projects in relation to the following housing dimensions that promote the healthy development of young children: income supplements residential stability, physical environment, access to services and amenities, housing choice, neighborhood safety, and social capital. We compared advantages and limitations of each of these national housing policies and demonstration projects and examined ways in which they might influence children in these housing dimensions. The article concludes with implications and future research directions for U.S. housing policy by discussing its most recent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) initiative, Rental Assistance Demonstration, in addressing limitations of housing policies and demonstration projects we examined.