In Search of Housing: Urban Families in Rural Contexts

Autor/in	Lawson Clark, Sherri
Titel	In Search of Housing: Urban Families in Rural Contexts
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 77 (2012) 1, S.110-134 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
DOI	10.1111/j.1549-0831.2011.00069.x
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Low Income; Rural Economics; Labor Market; Housing; Rural Areas; Public Housing; Low Income Groups; Trend Analysis; Public Policy; Urban Areas; Ethnography; Relocation; Place of Residence; Motivation; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Niedriglohn; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Unterkunft; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Trendanalyse; Öffentliche Ordnung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Ethnografie; Umsetzung; Wohnort; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	Researchers have been following a trend posited by the renowned anthropologist Janet Fitchen, which examines the increasing movement of low-income people to rural communities drawn not necessarily by labor market forces, but by the characteristics and amenities found in rural towns. This study adds to that literature by focusing on the ways in which public housing availability, changes in housing policy, and rural economic restructuring create opportunities for low-income families to relocate from urban to rural communities in search of affordable housing. Data collected from an ethnographic sample addressed the following questions: (1) what motivates individuals and families to leave their urban neighborhoods and relocate to rural towns and (2) what challenges do individuals and families have in sustaining stable housing in rural communities? Two main sets of literature relevant to this discussion include studies of patterns of residential mobility and explanations of rural economic restructuring. Both form the conceptual approach of this article by offering a framework to better understand the housing choices and behaviors of low-income families and the contexts in which these actions are situated. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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