Housing
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Moving to Opportunity: How Housing Policy Can Disrupt the Persistence of Poverty
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What matters for future economic success is the amount of childhood exposure to better neighborhoods.
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Good Neighbors: Addressing Race in Public Housing Integration
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New research shows that perceived racial conflict is hindering the ability of black, public housing residents to integrate into predominantly white neighborhoods, an issue that the City of Chicago is doing nothing to address.
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Housing ‘On The House’: The Common Good Problem in French Social Housing
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Seven years after France established housing as a right that people can legally demand from the state, a housing crisis persists. Sociologist Levy-Vroelant argues that the root of the problem is the absence of a national consensus on housing as a collective value.
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Policy Radio | Governor Edward Rendell on Efficiency and Effectiveness in Government
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This week on Chicago Policy Radio, Julie Cooper speaks with former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on working with all levels of government to improve policy and infrastructure.
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Ms. Mayor: The Impact of Female Leaders on Social Welfare Spending in Cities
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Recent research reveals a positive relationship between female mayors and funding for social welfare programs.
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Enduring Damage: The Effects of Childhood Poverty on Adult Health
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For young children, poverty’s most damaging effects manifest over time.
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Housing Booms and Manufacturing Busts: Hidden Job Loss in the U.S.
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Authors locate the cause of the great recession in hidden weaknesses in the U.S. manufacturing sector
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The Unlocked Door of the Foreclosure Crisis
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New research takes a second look at the substantial racial gap in the foreclosure crisis
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A New Role for Management
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An ethnographic study of a mixed-income development in Boston reveals that management’s role is key.
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Who Can Afford Affordable Housing?
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The Low Income Housing Tax Credit, along with the Housing Choice Voucher program, haven’t relieved the housing cost burden.
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