Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized Housing
Initially, U.S. federally funded low-income rental housing was racially segregated and unequal. Activists decried this injustice and pressured legislators to introduce new practices and procedures. Since the passage of these initiatives in the 1960s, scholars have repeatedly documented ongoing racia...
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| description | Initially, U.S. federally funded low-income rental housing was racially segregated and unequal. Activists decried this injustice and pressured legislators to introduce new practices and procedures. Since the passage of these initiatives in the 1960s, scholars have repeatedly documented ongoing racial inequality in housing at large. Yet rarely have researchers investigated whether racial inequality persists within governmentally subsidized housing units. By merging the restricted American Housing Survey with the American Community Survey at a Federal Statistical Research Data Center, the authors find that low-income renter subsidies are effective and beneficial but disproportionately grant White residents access to cheaper and higher quality units. Moreover, subsidized renters remain racially segregated across program type and neighborhoods. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for future research and policy decisions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a868ae37f9e94bbc8b19f5f07f17879c2023-08-29T17:30:23ZengSAGE PublishingSocius2378-02312023-08-01910.1177/23780231231192389Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized HousingJunia Howell0Ellen Whitehead1Elizabeth Korver-Glenn2University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USABall State University, Muncie, IN, USAWashington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USAInitially, U.S. federally funded low-income rental housing was racially segregated and unequal. Activists decried this injustice and pressured legislators to introduce new practices and procedures. Since the passage of these initiatives in the 1960s, scholars have repeatedly documented ongoing racial inequality in housing at large. Yet rarely have researchers investigated whether racial inequality persists within governmentally subsidized housing units. By merging the restricted American Housing Survey with the American Community Survey at a Federal Statistical Research Data Center, the authors find that low-income renter subsidies are effective and beneficial but disproportionately grant White residents access to cheaper and higher quality units. Moreover, subsidized renters remain racially segregated across program type and neighborhoods. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for future research and policy decisions.https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231192389 |
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| title | Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized Housing |
| title_full | Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized Housing |
| title_fullStr | Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized Housing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized Housing |
| title_short | Still Separate and Unequal: Persistent Racial Segregation and Inequality in Subsidized Housing |
| title_sort | still separate and unequal persistent racial segregation and inequality in subsidized housing |
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