Document Type
Report
Publication Date
8-1-2015
Abstract
In one of our roles as a central resource for research and information on mixed-income developments and communities, the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities conducts periodic scans of the mixed-income field on specific topics of pressing interest. The mixed-income approach has successfully transformed deteriorating public housing complexes into safer and more attractive developments for residents from a range of income levels. However, the emerging literature on mixed-income development suggests that improvements in social and economic well-being for low-income families are far more difficult to achieve. This current scan of the field provides an initial picture of how mixed-income developments across the U.S. are providing services to improve residents’ well-being and self-sufficiency. Online surveys were completed by representatives of 60 mixed-income developments on the demographics and characteristics of their site, the types of support and social services that are available for residents, the scope of efforts to track and assess service use and outcomes, and perceived outcomes of these services. Forty-seven of the sixty sites reported that they provide some level of resident services. This report represents a first descriptive phase of data collection and analysis, to be followed by a more in-depth focus on a smaller sample of sites.
Keywords
mixed-income communities
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Recommended Citation
Gress, Taryn; Joseph, Mark L.; and Curley, Alexandra, "Resident Services in Mixed-Income Developments Phase 1: Survey Findings and Analysis" (2015). Faculty Scholarship. 630.
https://commons.case.edu/facultyworks/630