The newest edition of Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research presents two symposia sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The first features research on housing challenges faced by individuals exiting incarceration and programs to help them. The second examines recent changes in zoning. Symposium: Reentry Housing After Jail or Prison Guest editor Calvin C.Johnson introduces the symposium on reentry and housing. The articles in this issue provide insight about reentry and housing challenges and programs seeking to improve outcomes for individuals exiting incarceration. Elizabeth L. Beck, Natasha N. Johnson, Sommer Delgado, Victoria Helmly, Susan A. McLaren, Alice Prendergast, Leigh Alderman, Lorenzo Almada, Brian Bride, Eric Napierala, and William J. Sabol explore formerly incarcerated people's (FIP) access to housing using data from an evaluation of three Second Chance Act grantees. The study highlights the distinctive approa
Additional stakeholders are being sought.
“The library’s role will be the facilitator of this conversation,” he said. “We want there to be longevity with this conversation and action. We’d like to schedule these summits a couple times a year to follow up with stakeholders and bring new ones in.”
The grant funding would go towards securing literature and books pertaining to equity, which would then be handed out at these summits, plus covering the cost of speakers.
Iowa State students are soon to get involved. ISU professor Jane Rongerude, who participated in Ericson’s event on equity and COVID last November, is spearheading those efforts.
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Researchers study effects of landlord decisions during pandemic
Iowa State University
Researchers at the ISU College of Design and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received a $60,000 National Science Foundation rapid response grant to study how landlord decision-making influenced regional housing markets during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RESEARCHERS:
Jane Rongerude, associate professor of community and regional planning; Biswa Das, associate professor of community and regional planning, specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach; Daniel Kuhlmann, assistant professor of community and regional planning; Lily Wang, professor of statistics; Lin Quan, Ph.D. statistics student.
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