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Reseach Design for Public Housing Projects

LOCATION DECISIONS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS: A RESEARCH DESIGN

The location of public housing projects is a contentious issue in the United States (Making downtown, 1994, pp. 7-8). Advocates for the economically disadvantaged contend that society would be better served if affordable public housing was located out of the inner cities and in more affluent neighborhoods. Critics of policies affecting the location of public housing projects frequently charge that inner city locations are selected because of strong opposition from the residents of more affluent neighborhoods (Van Housen, 1993, p. 3). Defenders of inner city locations for public housing contend that economically disadvantaged persons are served better by locating housing near to where jobs are available (Poverty's foundation, 1992, pp. A26-A27).

A research study is proposed to identify and assess the bases of policies affecting the location of public housing projects. The purpose of the proposed research study will be to determine if public housing location decisions are influenced primarily by opposition from residents of affluent neighborhoods, primarily by considerations affecting the well being of prospective tenants of such housing, or by economic factors.

Literature relevant to the issue to be investigated is reviewed in this section. Literature is reviewed in relation to location decisions, cost-benefit analysis, and social conflict theory.

Location decisions and patterns are capable of having significant impacts on regional economic growth (Fusfeld & Bates, 1991, pp. 82-102). Studies have demonstrated that a variety of factors, including infrastructure development, are capable of exerting significant impacts on location decisions (Kantor, 1987, pp. 510-511, 515-516).

Location theory, among other things, attempts to explain and predict the locational decisions, and the spatial patterns of that are the products of the aggregate locational decisi...

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