TY - JOUR
T1 - Shifting Margins of Housing Status in Los Angeles
AU - Wolch, Jennifer
AU - Li, Wei
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dowell Myers for invaluable assistance with this research, and Dallas Dishman for cartographic production. Catherine Walsh provided superior research assistance in earlier phases of the analysis, which were supported by the Russell Sage Census Monograph Project. Support from the National Science Foundation and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and from USC’s Southern California Studies Center, is also gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 1997/9
Y1 - 1997/9
N2 - Changes in housing circumstances over the 1980s were more dramatic in Los Angeles than nationwide. Reductions in housing autonomy were larger, as were diversity gaps in crowding, affordability gaps between owners and renters, and generation gaps in home ownership. Margins of the housing status distribution also changed more sharply. The precariously housed expanded at double the national rate and their housing problems worsened; the generously housed fell overall but the most affluent further improved their housing situation. Young people, female-headed households, and African-Americans were at higher risk of becoming precariously housed than their counterparts nationwide; the prospect of enjoying generous housing circumstances fell faster for Asians and established immigrants; and precarious housing rates were four times higher than the nation characterized inner city communities by 1990. Findings underscore regional variability in housing circumstances, and suggest growing needs for household assistance. Welfare reform, however, is likely to intensify housing problems and precipitate rising rates of homelessness in Los Angeles and other American cities.
AB - Changes in housing circumstances over the 1980s were more dramatic in Los Angeles than nationwide. Reductions in housing autonomy were larger, as were diversity gaps in crowding, affordability gaps between owners and renters, and generation gaps in home ownership. Margins of the housing status distribution also changed more sharply. The precariously housed expanded at double the national rate and their housing problems worsened; the generously housed fell overall but the most affluent further improved their housing situation. Young people, female-headed households, and African-Americans were at higher risk of becoming precariously housed than their counterparts nationwide; the prospect of enjoying generous housing circumstances fell faster for Asians and established immigrants; and precarious housing rates were four times higher than the nation characterized inner city communities by 1990. Findings underscore regional variability in housing circumstances, and suggest growing needs for household assistance. Welfare reform, however, is likely to intensify housing problems and precipitate rising rates of homelessness in Los Angeles and other American cities.
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U2 - 10.1006/ssre.1997.0600
DO - 10.1006/ssre.1997.0600
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040058320
SN - 0049-089X
VL - 26
SP - 309
EP - 330
JO - Social Science Research
JF - Social Science Research
IS - 3
ER -