Palmer, Geraldine (2016) Nonprofit housing dispersal strategies to help the homeless can increase quality of life when placed in diverse and more affluent communities. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (09 Dec 2016). Website.
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Where we live can have a huge influence on our social and economic wellbeing – but what happens when that housing is precarious? In new research, Geraldine Palmer examines housing dispersal strategies – historically used to improve the quality of life for public housing residents – by nonprofit providers to address homelessness. She finds that the built environment (in the form of specific buildings) is key in determining social and economic integration as is income and having a sense of community,
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science © CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2017 11:11 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 00:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69311 |
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