Describes a volunteer effort involving community church groups and secondary school children in an effort to provide a summer learning experience for children in public housing. Reviews advantages of the program and what can be learned from it. (TB)

Children's outcomes are strongly correlated with those of their neighbours. The extent to which this is causal is the subject of an extensive literature. An identification problem exists because people with similar characteristics are observed to live in close proximity. Another major difficulty is that neighbourhoods measured in available data…

During action research projects a great deal of written material is produced. Some of this is data generated about the project, some about the process of the research and some is reflective writing about the researcher(s). In this article I propose that a deliberate focus on the tracking of texts might be helpful in action research, particularly…

Nearly 80 means-tested programs for low-income persons and families have been created by the federal government to help meet the needs of various groups. In fiscal year 1992, the federal government spent about $208 billion through these programs. Evaluation of these programs was based on reports by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and others.…

This report describes a project to develop instructional materials for the Harrisburg Housing Authority that would enable tenants to understand more clearly the terms of their lease agreements. Project products were designed for tenants, many of whom were students in adult basic education classes, and for housing authority personnel who…

This report examines the state of integration at 22 public housing authorities in Kentucky. Family residency data showed that the public housing authorities of Jefferson County and Louisville were the first and second most segregated authorities in Kentucky as of July 1985. Overall, however, desegregation at Kentucky's public housing authorities…

Recent research by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) indicates that while recipients in public housing may be a more difficult-to-employ group in some locales, they may also benefit the most from mainstream welfare-to-work programs. Some policy implications raised by the evidence include the following: (1) the link between…

To assess the status of hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities during 2001, data were collected from 27 cities on demands for emergency food assistance and shelter and the capacity of local agencies to meet that demand; causes of hunger and homelessness and demographics of populations experiencing them; exemplary responses; availability of…

Speech given by the author at the convention of the National Housing Conference, Washington, D.C., March 6, 1972. (RJ)

Reports that movement of people into Houston has intensified demand for housing and that middle-class residents compete for housing with lower-income people in the inner city. Shows that segregated housing patterns and inadequate dwellings prevail and that the need for public housing exceeds the supply. (Author/WP)

Using epidemiologic survey data of elderly residents in six public housing developments, assesses the need for mental health care. Found that 37% of the predominantly African American sample needed mental health services. Males, older residents, those with no Medicare insurance, and those with daily living impairments were most at risk. (RJM)

This study investigated whether parenting support moderated relations between age of mother at childbirth and parental responsiveness and monitoring. The sample included 212 African American families living in urban public housing; offspring were entering adolescence when data were collected. Parenting support was measured by assessing the…

THE CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF LIVING CONDITIONS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS, OUT OF WHICH THE CALIFORNIA MIGRANT MASTER PLAN DEVELOPED. THIS STUDY DOCUMENTED THE FACT THAT 1,000 FAMILIES WERE LIVING OUT OF THEIR CARS, ON DITCH BANKS, IN FIELDS, AND UNDER BRIDGES, WITHOUT EVEN THE BASICS OF SHELTER AND…

SHE is a rural California home building corporation founded on the principles of self-help. Lacking sufficient capital to purchase or finance a home by conventional means, a low-income family may elect to "self-construct with SHE". A participant family agrees to invest its labor, up to 1,500 hours, in the supervised construction of its…

Structured around the supposition that merely moving families from substandard housing into modern low rent apartments or houses was not enough to bring about the necessary changes in attitudes and living practices, this study examined the educational considerations provided to beneficiaries of low income public housing at the national level…