Listing of Articles focusing on evictions, foreclosures, relocations/displacement & homelessness.
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A recent paper published by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, “Damage, Dislocation, and Displacement After Low-Attention Disasters,” documents a case study of disaster impact and recovery following a tornado in Marshalltown, Iowa. The authors found that concentrated…
An article in Social Science & Medicine, “The health impacts of eviction: Evidence from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health,” finds robust evidence of an association between evictions and a greater likelihood of depression among young adults. Increased levels of stress…
Robert Marbut left his position as executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on February 16. Mr. Marbut’s tenure at USICH was defined by his rejection of evidence-based best practices and endorsement of dehumanizing and ineffective methods for addressing…
A paper in City & Community,“Predicting Mobility: Who is Forced to Move?,” uses the 2013 American Housing Survey (AHS) to examine which households are more likely to experience voluntary or forced moves. The authors use a broad definition of displacement that includes evictions, foreclosures,…