TY - JOUR
T1 - The unequal housing and neighborhood outcomes of displaced movers
AU - Evans, Megan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [P2CHD041025,T-32HD007514]. This research was supported by funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University for Population Research Infrastructure (P2CHD041025) and Family Demography Training (T-32HD007514). The content of the article is solely the responsibility of the author and does not reflect the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The author thanks Barrett A. Lee, Michelle L. Frisco, Alexander Chapman, and Thomas Siskar for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University for Population Research Infrastructure (P2CHD041025) and Family Demography Training (T-32HD007514). The content of the article is solely the responsibility of the author and does not reflect the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The author thanks Barrett A. Lee, Michelle L. Frisco, Alexander Chapman, and Thomas Siskar for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Involuntary housing displacement is a stress-inducing life event that can cause and exacerbate both psychological and material hardship. Forced moves may invoke a disattainment process, whereby displaced movers move into lower quality housing and neighborhoods, placing them in a precarious housing position. Employing propensity score analyses, this study uses data from the recent mover module of the American Housing Survey to match recent movers whose moves were voluntary to recent movers whose moves were forced. Results show that moves caused by displacement compared to voluntary moves generally lead to worse housing and neighborhood outcomes. However, these results are dependent on the type of displacement experienced. Movers forced to leave their homes due to eviction move into worse housing and neighborhoods while forced moves caused by private action and foreclosure do not. Meanwhile, forced moves caused by natural hazards or government action result in worse housing, but not neighborhoods.
AB - Involuntary housing displacement is a stress-inducing life event that can cause and exacerbate both psychological and material hardship. Forced moves may invoke a disattainment process, whereby displaced movers move into lower quality housing and neighborhoods, placing them in a precarious housing position. Employing propensity score analyses, this study uses data from the recent mover module of the American Housing Survey to match recent movers whose moves were voluntary to recent movers whose moves were forced. Results show that moves caused by displacement compared to voluntary moves generally lead to worse housing and neighborhood outcomes. However, these results are dependent on the type of displacement experienced. Movers forced to leave their homes due to eviction move into worse housing and neighborhoods while forced moves caused by private action and foreclosure do not. Meanwhile, forced moves caused by natural hazards or government action result in worse housing, but not neighborhoods.
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U2 - 10.1080/07352166.2020.1730697
DO - 10.1080/07352166.2020.1730697
M3 - Article
C2 - 34916734
AN - SCOPUS:85082935577
SN - 0735-2166
VL - 43
SP - 1214
EP - 1234
JO - Journal of Urban Affairs
JF - Journal of Urban Affairs
IS - 9
ER -