Housing Mobility Key To Welfare Reform

Is housing mobility the key to welfare reform?Lessons from Chicago’s Gautreaux program.

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September 6, 2000, 6:00 AM PDT

Since 1976, the Gautreaux program in Chicago has helped thousands of inner-city low-income black families move to new neighborhoods within the city itself and in the outlying suburbs. This survey examines the extent to which neighborhood characteristics affect household reliance on welfare (AFDC) receipt. Rosenbaum and De Luca find that families who moved into communities with more-educated neighbors were much more likely to leave public assistance after the move than their counterparts in areas with less-educated residents.

Thanks to Laura Krafft

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Friday, September 15, 2000 in The Brookings Institution

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