Citation

Graves E. J. Plann. Lit. 2019; 34(1): 19-37.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0885412218795267

PMID

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Abstract

Many people poised to move through housing choice voucher programs cite violence as a primary factor in their decision-making. This study synthesizes a body of qualitative data to explore how participants recount their experiences with neighborhood violence and analyzes its relationship to residential decision-making. We find that while participants expressed a desire to move to improve their circumstances, they also recounted how neighborhood violence constrained choice by influencing a multitude of factors in the decision-making process. This shows the stress neighborhood violence places on households and how neighborhood factors constrain housing choice.

Language: en