The author builds on the broader interpretive/constructionist ethnographic and pragmatist
traditions, particularly those developed within symbolic interaction to provide an agenda to …

The housing choice voucher program was designed with two main goals in mind: to
eliminate concentrations of poverty and the social problems it causes and to provide poor …

In recent years 'housing affordability'has become a commonly used term for summarising the
nature of the housing difficulty in many nations. But what is the 'housing …

This article examines how and why landlords vary in their uses of eviction filings. Drawing
on over four million property tax records, business filings, and court-ordered eviction …

Private landlords play an important role in America's poverty governance, with profound
effects on poor families and neighborhoods. Drawing on data from interviews with 127 …

Given the increasing importance of affordability in housing policy reform debates, this study
develops a new composite approach to measuring housing affordability and employs it to …

The study of social movements has shifted increasingly toward examining the resource base
from which collective behavior is able to emerge, rather than giving weight to the goals …

Due to the high demand for residential apartments, landlords take undue advantage of
tenants and increase rent without adhering to rent regulations. A high proportion of the …

Landlords are important gatekeepers in the rental market, and scholars have studied
landlord perceptions across different markets. But differences between landlord logics within …

The Affordable Housing Reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on
the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as …