Kathleen R. Parrott, Sung-Jin Lee, Daejin Kim, S. Robinson, Val Giddings
{"title":"The role of informal support systems in residential environments for low-income older renters: an exploratory study","authors":"Kathleen R. Parrott, Sung-Jin Lee, Daejin Kim, S. Robinson, Val Giddings","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1839841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1839841","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Low-income elderly renters may face difficulty aging in place, emphasizing the potential role of informal support systems in the residential environment. To understand informal support systems for low-income older renters aging in place, data from a larger study were analyzed from the perspective of informal support systems in housing and community. For the primary study, a qualitative interview method (N = 25 low-income older renters) was employed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Six themes about informal support systems were identified, as currently provided or specifically lacking in the respondent’s home or community: children (elder as caregiver), churches, neighborhood walkability, extended family (in the household), volunteer opportunities, and pets. This exploratory, qualitative study provides an opportunity to better understand the role of informal support systems in residential environments for low-income aging renters, which can facilitate aging in place and suggests more supportive housing, neighborhoods, and communities for the elderly through design, location, and/or management decisions.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"314 - 327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1839841","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48618246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Historical baseline case study of unmet shelter and housing disaster needs throughout Texas: the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Texas, 2005","authors":"J. Lee, S. Bame","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1796119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1796119","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Researchers have extensively studied disaster sheltering and housing; however, little research has empirically examined longitudinal patterns of how shelter and housing needs change during and after disasters. This study investigated types and timing of unmet shelter and housing needs during sequential hurricane disasters in Texas using Texas 2-1-1 Network’s real-time data of callers’ unmet needs throughout Texas’ 254 counties, including disaster areas as well as evacuation routes and destinations. Texas 2-1-1 has been used by disaster managers and communities state-wide for information and referral for non-emergency needs. The 5-month study period includes a baseline before Hurricane Katrina, evacuation and impact during each disaster, and short-term recovery afterward. Before and following these hurricanes, the most common types of unmet housing needs stemmed from financial issues related to rental housing. During disaster emergency phases, shelter-related needs were most common. Unmet needs related to homeowners were least frequent throughout the disaster phases. Unmet shelter needs had patterns differing by disaster phase compared to more subtle differences over time in renter and homeowner needs. This unique study provides practical information about vulnerable populations’ access barriers relating to housing needs and supports the theoretical model of disaster-related sheltering and housing using real-time data.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"203 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1796119","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48821230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social capital as a predictor of neighborhood satisfaction: an analysis of American Housing Survey national data","authors":"Yanmei Li, Sumei Zhang","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1813516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1813516","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Social capital plays a critical role in neighborhood satisfaction, which in turn contributes to healthy and vibrant communities. However, scholars in housing and community development often leave social capital variables out of analyses. This study uses the American Housing Survey (AHS) 2013 national data, the only AHS data with social capital variables, to measure whether and how social capital dimensions relate to perceived livability of neighborhoods. The research controls for household characteristics, actual and perceived neighborhood and housing attributes, and locational variables. The study uses perceived livability as a proxy to measure the satisfaction levels of residents with their neighborhoods. Overall, citizen participation is weak, while social trust, cohesion, and ties within neighborhoods are strong among the survey respondents. Most of the social capital dimensions are significantly related to perceived neighborhood livability in a positive direction. The results indicate that stronger social capital contributes to higher perceived neighborhood livability. However, the effect of social capital is different among homeowners, renter, urban, and suburban/rural households. Therefore, the important roles of social capital in promoting neighborhood satisfaction and livability require policymakers to pay more attention to social capital factors in neighborhood needs assessment and community development practice.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"1 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1813516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46823376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resident identified strengths and challenges of project-based permanent supportive housing program implementation in a small metropolitan county","authors":"Peter Miterko, S. Bruna","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1818049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1818049","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Abstract: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) programs modeled in the Housing First approach have been widely implemented in the United States for housing individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness. Yet within the evidence base, resident experiences and perceptions of Project-Based PSH program implementation are less understood, and there is no research on resident experiences of project-based program implementation within small metropolitan communities in the United States. Utilizing a collaborative approach founded in the principles of participatory action research (PAR) to orientate research processes, we critically examine resident-identified strengths and challenges of living at St. Mary’s House, a Project-Based PSH program in Whatcom County, Washington. Data analysis of participant observation and semi-structured interviews explore the positive and negative dimensions of program surveillance measures and living together in PSH, as well as how program “exits” undermine residents’ expectations of permanency. The implications from our findings highlight the importance of both listening directly to residents, and developing resident-driven programming expressly designed for meaningful and inclusive participation.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"239 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1818049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45463468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern housing","authors":"Kathleen R. Parrott","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1831779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1831779","url":null,"abstract":"Catherine Bauer’s classic book, Modern Housing, can be considered a manifesto for United States (U.S.) housing policies, especially for the development of better publicly-supported and multi-family...","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"271 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1831779","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44396060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathalie Rita, Jennifer Darrah-Okike, Rachel Engel, Philip M. E. Garboden
{"title":"Contesting the right to the city under scarcity: the case of Micronesians in Hawaiʻi’s public housing","authors":"Nathalie Rita, Jennifer Darrah-Okike, Rachel Engel, Philip M. E. Garboden","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1765667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1765667","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper focuses on how residents of public housing in Hawaiʻi view residents from Micronesia, a geographic region of Oceania. Drawing on in-depth interviews with an ethnically diverse sample, we show how public housing residents stigmatize Micronesian community members. Some respondents described Micronesians as unfairly gaining access to a highly limited supply of affordable housing, potentially displacing Native Hawaiians and other “more deserving” local residents. Others shared racist views of Micronesian youth, as unruly and violent, with irresponsible or culturally “other” parents. Our work, therefore, shows how respondents implicitly claim a “right” to housing by recruiting alternative narratives of need, belonging, and deservingness; narratives that sometimes leverage the stigmatization of other groups. Many individuals, in other words, see the “right to the city” as a zero-sum game. These findings prompt us to reimagine classic frameworks of housing justice within the “right to the city” literature to account for differing narratives of belonging, including those of Indigenous people and international migrants. We argue for an expansive vision of housing justice that is attentive to the local and global consequences of empire and colonialism, as is visible in the racialization and stigmatization of Micronesians in Hawaiʻi’s public housing communities.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"165 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1765667","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44339438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aging in community: the case of Hesperus village in Vaughan in Ontario, Canada","authors":"Lauren Kalvari","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1805265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1805265","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study focuses on the evolving notion of aging in community, by presenting findings of a qualitative, descriptive study conducted in Hesperus Village, a unique community for predominantly older adults located in Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this exploratory study was to gauge the benefits and challenges of aging in community, and develop conceptualization of the nature and form of attached social relationships and community concerns. Eight semi-structured, in-depth interviews with open-ended questions of residents and a manager were conducted. Findings indicated that aging in this community included a mix of resident co-caring and formal caring practices; that traditional forms of management style are shifting to democratic self-governance practices and that forging links with the wider community is linked to the sharing of resources and inter-generational bartering of services. The implications of aging in community point toward the notion of social responsibility as a potential strategy toward sustainable practices; and that sharing resources with the wider community may have cost-saving implications. This study serves as a call for further research and advocacy in addressing an all-encompassing service delivery model to age in community from birth until death, linking aging in place and dying in place agendas.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"87 - 103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1805265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44494547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Housing in America: an introduction","authors":"Shomon Shamsuddin","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1800303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1800303","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 outbreak and its economic repercussions have put multiple housing issues in the spotlight. Millions of households struggle to make rent or mortgage payments because of declining income...","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"269 - 270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1800303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46416607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is cohousing good for democracy? Comparing political participation among residents of cohousing communities and traditional condominium developments","authors":"Heidi M. Berggren","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1778991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1778991","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study assesses the argument that cohousing constitutes a politically fertile form of civil-society association, which hones political skills and cultivates political efficacy among residents, by comparing self-reported political participation levels of residents of cohousing and residents of condominiums. This design allows for more causal leverage than found in past research. However, the findings are still exploratory. Data from a nationwide survey of residents of cohousing and condominium developments in the U.S. were used to test the hypothesis that cohousing residents participate in politics at a higher level than do residents of condominiums. While the sample was small (n = 311), the results suggest both a strong self-selection effect among residents of cohousing and independent effects for involvement in housing-community practices and activism. The results also suggest that residents of condominiums increase their political participation due to cohousing-like practices and activism. Overall, the findings constitute a tentative step toward establishing causation, thus augmenting earlier research on cohousing as a form of civil society that fosters political engagement, and potentially bolster a civil-society case for repurposing condominiums into cohousing communities.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"189 - 214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1778991","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45843063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Average annual wind loss libraries to support resilient housing and community decision-making","authors":"F. Orooji, Carol J. Friedland","doi":"10.1080/08882746.2020.1796108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1796108","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT One of the key components to increase the resiliency of communities from wind hazards is enhancing individuals` and homeowner’s resilience continuously during and after a storm. A variety of wind hazard risk assessment methodologies are available; however, in spite of advances in damage and loss modeling, the systematic development of loss libraries has been largely overlooked in scholarly literature. This paper develops a straightforward, matrix-based mathematical formulation to rapidly generate a library of average annual loss (AAL) data for multiple building types across a variable wind hazard domain through convolution of hazard and loss functions and Monte Carlo simulation. The methodology is implemented for wind loss functions included in FEMA’s HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model to develop building, contents, loss of use, and total AAL loss libraries for 160 variations of wood-framed, single-family, one-story homes located in the continental US. The developed methodology provides a practical, easy-to-use approach for wind hazards that can be implemented immediately for a variety of applications to support individual building- and community-level wind hazard risk reduction decision-making.","PeriodicalId":52110,"journal":{"name":"Housing and Society","volume":"48 1","pages":"155 - 184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08882746.2020.1796108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45945217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}