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The Voucher Promise: "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood
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About The Voucher Promise: "Section 8" And The Fate Of An
Product Description An in-depth look at America's largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhood. "A must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America's housing crisis."--Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Housing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they? The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as "Section 8," and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve. Rosen spent more than a year living in Park Heights, sitting on front stoops, getting to know families, accompanying them on housing searches, speaking to landlords, and learning about the neighborhood's history. Voucher holders disproportionately end up in this area despite rampant unemployment, drugs, crime, and abandoned housing. Exploring why they are unable to relocate to other neighborhoods, Rosen illustrates the challenges in obtaining vouchers and the difficulties faced by recipients in using them when and where they want to. Yet, despite the program's real shortcomings, she argues that vouchers offer basic stability for families and should remain integral to solutions for the nation's housing crisis. Delving into the connections between safe, affordable housing and social mobility, The Voucher Promise investigates the profound benefits and formidable obstacles involved in housing America's poor. Review "Rosen's book is a must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America's housing crisis." --Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Review "Housing vouchers are supposed to give low-income families the chance to live in better neighborhoods. So why don’t they? To find out, Eva Rosen moved to a poor Baltimore community and befriended voucher holders, homeowners, landlords, and homeless families. This deeply researched investigation told from the ground level reveals the promise of one of the nation’s largest antipoverty programs and the forces conspiring against it. Rosen’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America’s housing crisis." ―Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City "Eva Rosen’s analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Section 8 is a major contribution to the urban poverty literature. After reading her remarkable book, I now have a clearer understanding of why voucher holders tend to concentrate in moderately poor segregated neighborhoods, and of how this problem can be addressed." ―William Julius Wilson, Harvard University "In rendering a deep and comprehensive portrait of a Baltimore neighborhood, Eva Rosen sensitively captures the frontline experiences of contemporary US housing policy for poor people. These powerful and personal stories demand a national reckoning with the promise to provide decent and affordable housing and to build strong neighborhoods." ―Mary Pattillo, author of Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City "In this timely, important look at the federal government's largest program of low-income housing assistance, Eva Rosen foregrounds the goals and strategies of low-income black tenants, their ambivalent landlords, and the struggling homeowners who anc
