Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research

Housing Assistance and Welfare Reform

Contents

Volume 6, Number 2
2003


Advisory Board

Guest Editor's Introduction

Section 1—Transition to Work

Public Housing Assistance, Public Transportation, and the Welfare-to-Work Transition
by Neil Bania, Claudia Coulton, and Laura Leete

The Effects of Federal and Local Housing Programs on the Transition FromWelfare to Work: Evidence From New York City
by Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Robert Kaestner, and Thomas J. Main

Barriers to Work Among Recipients of Housing Assistance
by Mary Corcoran and Colleen Heflin

Section 2—Life After Welfare

Comparing Outcomes for Los Angeles County’s HUD-Assisted and Unassisted Welfare Leavers
by Nandita Verma and Rick Hendra

TANF Leavers: Examining the Relationship Between the Receipt of Housing Assistance and Post-TANF Well-Being
by David C. Mancuso, Charles J. Lieberman, Vanessa L. Lindler, and Anne Moses

Comparing Housing-Assisted and Housing-Unassisted Welfare Leavers in Massachusetts
by Gloria Nagle

The Housing Situation of Low-Income Families in Milwaukee
by Rebecca J. Swartz

Section 3—Homeless Families

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Public Shelter Utilization in Philadelphia: A Time-Series Analysis
by Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen R. Poulin, Lorlene M. Hoyt, and Stephen Metraux

Surviving Against the Odds: Families’ Journeys off Welfare and out of Homelessness
by Donna Haig Friedman, Tatjana Meschede, and Michelle Hayes

Notes

Work Participation and Length of Stay in HUD-Assisted Housing
by Jeffrey M. Lubell, Mark Shroder, and Barry Steffen



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