Confronting Stereotypes: Children and Families in Public Housing
Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts
ISBN: 978-1-78052-032-2, eISBN: 978-1-78052-033-9
Publication date: 28 May 2012
Abstract
In this study of one housing development in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, this chapter explores concerns of families with children, including safety of community, relationships with neighbors, and accessibility of services, and examines challenges faced by families in the process of relocation. Before redevelopment, this particular community consisted of a large number of immigrants and refugees in two-parent or multigenerational families, as well as older residents, dispelling stereotypes of public housing residents as living in largely single-parent, female-headed households. Additionally, the chapter explores the strengths and resiliency of this population.
Citation
Keller, J. (2012), "Confronting Stereotypes: Children and Families in Public Housing", Camp Yeakey, C. (Ed.) Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 291-312. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X(2012)0000008016
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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