Quality of Life in Clarksdale Public Housing Before HOPE VI
Quality of Life in Clarksdale Public Housing Before HOPE VI

Summary/Abstract: This study is the second article in a series of three papers. While the first introduced the readers to the public housing policies in the United States, the present study describes the characteristics of the residents and of the neighborhood they used to call home. Specifically, we present the baseline evaluation results of the community supportive services (CSS) program provided to the former residents of the Clarksdale public housing development in Louisville, KY. It is a descriptive study of the neighborhood level socioeconomic problems as reflected by the US Census 2000 and of the baseline survey conducted during 2005-2006 with a representative sample of former Clarksdale residents. The purpose of the baseline study is to document the social problems in this neighborhood, and the socioeconomic and health status of the residents. The results serve as a benchmark for the follow-up analyses that will be presented in the third article of this series.

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