Minority Evictions Rise, Crime Unchanged by Crime-Free Housing miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>For three decades, some American cities have adopted “crime-free housing” policies that either encourage or mandate owners of multi-unit housing complexes to evict tenants who have involvement with the criminal justice system. A new report finds that such policies increase evictions in minority and low-income income neighborhoods, but do not lead to statistically significant reductions in crime.</p>
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
Homeless count in LA shows 18% rise in three high-priority neighborhoods scienceblog.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scienceblog.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.