Current housing programs serving very low-income households, including homebuyers as well as renters, should be examined to determine the extent to which they help households make entry into neighborh

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Deconcentrating Poverty With Housing Programs (2008) · doi

  Current housing programs serving very low-income households, including homebuyers as well as renters, should be examined to determine the extent to which they help households make entry into neighborhoods with low concentrations of poverty.

  Keywords: households current housing programs serving income including homebuyers well renters examined determine extent help make
• Material Needs, Epistemic Neglect, and Slow Violence: A Systematic Review of Research Focused on Women Affected by the Criminal Legal System (2024) · doi

  Despite extensive documentation of women’s unmet needs, we found limited research focused on addressing and improving women’s economic status, identifying mechanisms that ensure women have their basic needs met, and promoting housing stability for women.

  Keywords: women needs despite extensive documentation unmet found limited focused addressing improving economic status identifying mechanisms
• Exploring the Housing Pathways of Low-Income Women: A Biographical Approach (2015) · doi

  The wages provided in the jobs that were available to the women in this study were insufficient to afford even low-quality, low-rent apartments, suggesting that the ability to achieve stability in modest housing is predicated on achieving much higher levels of household income.

  Keywords: wages provided jobs available women insufficient afford even quality rent apartments suggesting ability achieve stability