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Quantifying the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority Policies Toward People With Criminal Justice Histories: United States, 2009-2018
American journal of public health (1971), v 110(1), pp S137-S144
01 Jan 2020
PMID: 31967881
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Abstract
Objectives. To quantify variation in the restrictiveness of local public housing authority policies related to the admission and eviction of people with criminal justice histories.
Methods. We conducted content analysis of housing authority policy documents for US cities with a population of 100 000 or more (n = 152). Factor analysis identified policy provisions to create a restrictiveness score (range = 0-8). We explored associations between restrictiveness scores and city-level measures of racial/ethnic diversity, racial/ethnic neighborhood segregation, ideology, and public housing scarcity.
Results. Eight policy provisions, 6 relating to consideration of mitigating circumstances, explained 71.0% of the variance in housing authority policy provisions related to criminal justice histories. We observed small but significant positive associations between restrictiveness scores and racial/ethnic diversity (r = 0.22) and neighborhood segregation (r = 0.18). There was no correlation between restrictiveness scores of housing authorities within the same state (intraclass correlation = 0.0002).
Conclusions. Housing authority policies vary substantially regarding the circumstances under which people with criminal justice histories can obtain and retain public housing. Exposure to constellations of policy provisions that might institutionalize health inequities and increase health risk among people with criminal justice histories can be quantified through a systematic process.
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- Title
- Quantifying the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority Policies Toward People With Criminal Justice Histories: United States, 2009-2018
- Creators
- Jonathan Purtle - Yale UniversityLuwam T. Gebrekristos - Yale UniversityDanya Keene - Yale UniversityPenelope Schlesinger - Yale UniversityLinda Niccolai - Yale UniversityKim M. Blankenship - Yale University
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 110(1), pp S137-S144
- Publisher
- Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- UL1 TR001863 / NCATS NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) P30 AI117970 / NIAID NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01 MH110192 / NIMH NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000514830500032
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85078265324
- Other Identifier
- 991019168426604721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health