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Good Country Living? Exploring Four Housing Outcomes Among Poor Appalachians

2010; Wiley; Volume: 25; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01178.x

1573-7861

Melissa Latimer, Rachael A. Woldoff,

Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Sociological ForumVolume 25, Issue 2 p. 315-333 Good Country Living? Exploring Four Housing Outcomes Among Poor Appalachians Melissa Latimer, Melissa Latimer Division of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, 315 Knapp Hall, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6326; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorRachael A. Woldoff, Rachael A. Woldoff Division of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, 315 Knapp Hall, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6326; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this author Melissa Latimer, Melissa Latimer Division of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, 315 Knapp Hall, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6326; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorRachael A. Woldoff, Rachael A. Woldoff Division of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, 315 Knapp Hall, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6326; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this author First published: 23 May 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01178.xCitations: 3 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract In the wake of welfare reform, many poor people have exhausted their benefits and must now live with less government support. While all of these former welfare recipients are struggling, some are experiencing housing problems that are quite severe. This article uses survey data on former welfare recipients who have used up the maximum time limits for receiving welfare to better understand three core explanations for rural housing problems among the poor: community, individual, and family factors. We estimate models to weigh the relative effects of these factors on the likelihood of experiencing several housing outcomes, finding that rural location is the most consistent predictor of housing outcomes, predicting home ownership, and whether families reside in low-quality housing. We also find that individual and family factors affect the type of housing one has. We conclude that housing policies must be tailored to improve specific housing outcomes. References Abramson, Alan J., Mitchell S. Tobin, and Matthew R. VanderGoot. 1995. 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