Housing Solutions in Community Partnership
How should we move policy toward the goal of providing healthy, safe, and affordable homes for all of us? This area of my research bridges academic research with local community efforts, imagining housing solutions that are effective and workable in specific contexts.
The Vision Behind a Community Land Trust in Webster Groves, Missouri
In this video, residents and leaders of the Webster Groves community share their vision for a community land trust. A community land trust would preserve community, create opportunity, and build on the rich history of a changing city.
Facing Segregation: Housing Policy Solutions for a Stronger Society
Brings together a set of the United States' most important scholars, practitioners, and policy analysts to reflect on how to use public policy to reduce segregation
Couples the development of an agenda for reform in the current policy environment and the presentation of new approaches
Emphasizes policy with a clear focus on what can and must be done rather than solely describing the problem
Welcome Home: A Policy Briefing Book for St. Louis County
Previous research on renters’ experiences in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is robust, but much of it has been conducted in the context of mobility interventions providing added resources. In contrast, this study focuses on HCV renters’ experiences searching for housing without the support of a mobility intervention. In semistructured interviews, 34 HCV renters describe their housing search processes and outcomes. We find that renters struggle to secure housing in their preferred neighborhoods due to limited information and financial costs such as application fees and security deposits. Discussion focuses on practice and policy reforms that might support greater housing choice.
Step by step: tenant accounts of securing and maintaining quality housing with a housing choice voucher
This collection of short and accessible products was written by masters of social work students at Washington University’s Brown School. In the fall of 2022, these students took a social policy course taught by me in partnership with Webster Groves Mayor Laura Arnold, Webster Groves’ Alliance for Interracial Dignity, and Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice . In December 2022, the students presented these ideas to a group of elected officials and other community leaders. This briefing book is intended to serve as a resource for further learning for all of us. Our hope is that the recommendations included here are feasible and that the accomplishment of these goals creates new housing opportunities while also helping set the stage for greater progress.
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