2015
“We Need to Have a Meeting”: Public Housing Demolition and Collective Agency in Atlanta, Georgia
Keene DE. “We Need to Have a Meeting”: Public Housing Demolition and Collective Agency in Atlanta, Georgia. Housing Policy Debate 2015, 26: 210-230. PMID: 29321697, PMCID: PMC5758049, DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2015.1043837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic housing residentsTenant activismCivic engagementHousing residentsCollective agencyPublic housing demolitionPublic housing communitiesPublic housingHousing demolitionWidespread demolitionHousing communitiesLarge-scale relocationRelocated residentsCollective actionResidential instabilityImpact of demolitionDepth interviewsHousing qualityActivismCollective consequencesFrequent experiencesEngagementDemolitionCommunityAgencies
2013
“Everyone called me grandma”: Public housing demolition and relocation among older adults in Atlanta
Keene DE, Ruel E. “Everyone called me grandma”: Public housing demolition and relocation among older adults in Atlanta. Cities 2013, 35: 359-364. PMID: 24187415, PMCID: PMC3811152, DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.10.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic housingFormer public housing residentsPublic housing demolitionPublic housing residentsPublic housing projectsExperience of relocationPoverty deconcentrationPolitical dissatisfactionHousing demolitionHousing residentsRelocation narrativesHousing projectsProfound isolationNew homeHousingCommunityDemolitionRelocationSignificant bodySpecific concernsDeconcentrationExperienceKinshipPsychosocial benefitsSupport
2011
“Weathering” HOPE VI: The Importance of Evaluating the Population Health Impact of Public Housing Demolition and Displacement
Keene DE, Geronimus AT. “Weathering” HOPE VI: The Importance of Evaluating the Population Health Impact of Public Housing Demolition and Displacement. Journal Of Urban Health 2011, 88: 417-435. PMID: 21607787, PMCID: PMC3126923, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9582-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHOPE VIAfrican American communityUrban povertyAutonomous institutionsAmerican communityPublic housing demolitionMixed-income communitiesHOPE VI programPublic housing projectsPublic housing developmentsHealth equity perspectiveUrban African-American communityHousing policyPublic housingHousing demolitionPolicy conversationsHousing developmentHousing projectsRelocated residentsBroader discourseEarly health deteriorationMaterial realityMaterial contextSocial resourcesBiosocial processes
2010
Leaving Chicago for Iowa’s “Fields of Opportunity”: Community Dispossession, Rootlessness, and the Quest for Somewhere to “Be OK”
Keene DE, Padilla MB, Geronimus AT. Leaving Chicago for Iowa’s “Fields of Opportunity”: Community Dispossession, Rootlessness, and the Quest for Somewhere to “Be OK”. Human Organization 2010, 69: 275-284. PMID: 21037928, PMCID: PMC2964883, DOI: 10.17730/humo.69.3.gr851617m015064m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPublic housing demolitionHousing demolitionPublic housing developmentsLow-income housingSocial support networksProcesses of dislocationSocial support resourcesMigration experienceAffordable housingField of opportunitiesStructural disadvantageRapid gentrificationHousing developmentParticipant observationEconomic opportunitiesDepth interviewsUrban neighborhoodsSupport networksUrban developmentMajor themesDispossessionLow-income African AmericansHousingTiesChicagoRace, class and the stigma of place: Moving to “opportunity” in Eastern Iowa
Keene DE, Padilla MB. Race, class and the stigma of place: Moving to “opportunity” in Eastern Iowa. Health & Place 2010, 16: 1216-1223. PMID: 20800532, PMCID: PMC2964645, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrban neighborhoodsHigh-poverty urban neighborhoodsPublic housing demolitionContext of gentrificationSmall town communitiesLow-income African American menHousing demolitionDepth interviewsPervasive stigmatizationChicago NeighborhoodsNew destinationsTown communitiesStigmatizationAfrican American menNeighborhoodAmerican menEastern IowaRacePlaceGentrificationInterviewsWomenCommunityStigmaDemolition