Designing and managing public housing self-sufficiency programs: the Youngs Lake Commons Program.
This article evaluates an experimental public housing self-sufficiency program that encourages home ownership among low-income families. A quasi-experimental design, in combination with focus groups, records review, and key informant interviews, provides data to focus on four questions: (a) Do these programs simply accelerate move-outs for those who would have left without intervention? (b) Are program elements replicable given the importance of the local context in public housing move-outs? (c) How do housing authorities resolve tensions that arise between housing management and social service delivery? (d) What should housing authority response be to those who fail?
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Rachel Garshick
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University of Washington, WA, USA.
D019090:Case Management; D017144:Focus Groups; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010067:Ownership; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011638:Public Housing; D012946:Social Welfare; D014861:Washington