Public Housing Transformation and Crime: Making the Case for Responsible Relocation

Popkin, Susan J.; Rich, Michael J.; Hendey, Leah; Hayes, Chris; Parilla, Joe; Galster, George

doi:10.1037/e552082012-001

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“…It may not be sensible, however, to rapidly accelerate and incentivise mobility to suburban jurisdictions, particularly without attending to the weaker social safety-net that Allard and Roth (2010) describe. Rather, it is more logical to engage in what Popkin et al (2012) term 'responsible relocation'. Popkin and colleagues suggest several aspects of housing policy that could constitute responsible relocation, including relocation counselling and follow-up supportive services, while expanding incentives to voucher households for locating in better neighbourhoods.…”

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“…Thus, efforts to estimate the effect of vouchers on crime must account for the fact that voucher households disproportionately live in high-crime neighbourhoods and cities. and Popkin et al (2012) also examine the relationship between vouchers and crime in neighbourhoods. Ellen et al use longitudinal crime and voucher data from 10 US cities between 1997 and 2008.…”

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The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in US Cities and Suburbs

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This paper tests the common belief that subsidised housing contributes to higher crime rates. To do this, panel data on over 200 US cities are used and fixed effects models are estimated to control for unobserved differences between cities that may affect both voucher use and crime. Additionally, models are estimated that focus on the suburbs, to see if the steady increase in vouchers there has had any effect on crime. In cities, it is found that vouchers have a weak, negative relationship with violent crime rates, although these estimates are not particularly robust. In suburban areas, there is no observed relationship between vouchers and crime, suggesting that controversies in those communities blaming voucher households for elevated crime rates are misguided.

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The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in US Cities and Suburbs

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“…Ellen, Lacoe and Sharygin (2012) found that crime rose only after active foreclosures or real estate (lender)-owned properties reached a threshold number on the blockface. Popkin et al (2012) found that crime rates in neighbourhoods only rose in response to in-migration of former public housing residents who had been displaced from their demolished developments when their share exceeded a threshold.…”

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Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?

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Using crime data over a period of a decade for Glasgow, this paper explores whether the density of prior offenders in a neighbourhoods has an influence on the propensity of others to (re)commence offending. The study shows that the number of 'newly active' offenders in a neighbourhood in the current quarter is positively associated with the density of prior offenders for both violent and property crime from the previous two years. In the case of 'newly active' property offenders, the relationship with active prior offenders is only apparent when prior offender counts exceed the median. The paper postulates that intraneighbourhood social mechanisms may be at work to create these effects. The results suggest that policies which concentrate offenders in particular neighbourhoods may increase the number of 'newly active' offenders, and point to evidence of a threshold at which these effects take place.

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“…For example, an evaluation of public housing demolitions in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere initiative, demonstrated that while public housing demolition was associated with overall crime reductions in the city, the decline was greater in areas where public housing was demolished and lower in areas where public housing residents relocated. 34 Additionally, our prior qualitative research, 35 and ethnographic studies conducted in Brooklyn, New York City, 36 and Denver, Colorado, 6 have reported an association between urban redevelopment and the displacement of drug activity.…”

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Application of Space-Time Scan Statistics to Describe Geographic and Temporal Clustering of Visible Drug Activity

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Knowledge of the geographic and temporal clustering of drug activity can inform where health and social services are needed and can provide insight on the potential impact of local policies on drug activity. This ecologic study assessed the spatial and temporal distribution of drug activity in Baltimore, Maryland, prior to and following the implementation of a large urban redevelopment project in East Baltimore, which began in 2003. Drug activity was measured by narcotic calls for service at the neighborhood level. A space-time scan statistic approach was used to identify statistically significant clusters of narcotic calls for service across space and time, using a discrete Poisson model. After adjusting for economic deprivation and housing vacancy, clusters of narcotic calls for service were identified among neighborhoods located in Southeast, Northeast, Northwest, and West Baltimore from 2001 to 2010. Clusters of narcotic calls for service were identified among neighborhoods located in East Baltimore from 2001 to 2003, indicating a decrease in narcotic calls thereafter. A large proportion of clusters occurred among neighborhoods located in North and Northeast Baltimore after 2003, which indicated a potential spike during this time frame. These findings suggest potential displacement of drug activity coinciding with the initiation of urban redevelopment in East Baltimore. Space-time scan statistics should be used in future research to describe the potential implications of local policies on drug activity.

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Public Housing Transformation and Crime: Making the Case for Responsible Relocation

Abstract: The research in this article examines the effect on crime rates of public housing transformation in Atlanta and Chicago, focusing

Cited by 44 publications

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The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in US Cities and Suburbs

The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in US Cities and Suburbs

Criminal Neighbourhoods: Does the Density of Prior Offenders in an Area Encourage others to Commit Crime?

Application of Space-Time Scan Statistics to Describe Geographic and Temporal Clustering of Visible Drug Activity

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