Relocation counselling as a tool to prevent negative spillover effects?

Relocation counselling as a tool to prevent negative spillover effects?

Varady, D.
Kleinhans, R.

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

2011-07-05

Public housing revitalization relocatees often recluster in already fragile neighbourhoods where they continue to struggle with poverty and may cause nuisances and conflict in their new living environment. This paper reviews the literature on relocation counselling efforts and the appearance of negative neighbourhood spillovers connected to four American voluntary housing mobility programs: Gautreaux 1 and Gautreaux 2 (Chicago), the Moving to Opportunity Demonstration (five cities), and the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program. Although these programs involve voluntary moves—in contrast with involuntary relocation in HOPE VI—a great deal may be learned from them because of (1) efforts in the voluntary programs to forestall resistance in destination neighbourhoods of program movers and (2) special counselling provided to ease adjustment into low-poverty. Our review suggests that screening out multi-problem families, limiting the number of housing voucher families moving into particular neighbourhoods, and providing both intensive counselling can minimize negative neighbourhood spillovers.

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23rd Conference of the European Network for Housing Research ENHR, Toulouse, July 5-8, 2011

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(c)2011 Varady, D., Kleinhans, R.