Featured Publications
Filling the Gaps in an Inadequate Housing Safety Net: The Experiences of Informal Housing Providers and Implications for Their Housing Security, Health, and Well-Being
Keene D, Schlesinger P, Carter S, Kapetanovic A, Rosenberg A, Blankenship K. Filling the Gaps in an Inadequate Housing Safety Net: The Experiences of Informal Housing Providers and Implications for Their Housing Security, Health, and Well-Being. Socius Sociological Research For A Dynamic World 2022, 8: 23780231221115283. DOI: 10.1177/23780231221115283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHousing providersHousing safety netHousing provisionHousing securitySafety netUnmet housing needsPopulation health equityHousing accessHousing needsHousing crisisStructural racismVulnerable householdsNonwhite AmericansHealth equityInterviewsProvisionSecurityImplicationsNew HavenRacismExperienceProvidersHousingCrisisEquity
2023
“Being homeless can burn you out”: a qualitative study of individuals’ experience of administrative burden when accessing homeless services
Robinson L, Schlesinger P, Rosenberg A, Blankenship K, Keene D. “Being homeless can burn you out”: a qualitative study of individuals’ experience of administrative burden when accessing homeless services. Journal Of Social Distress And The Homeless 2023, 33: 438-447. DOI: 10.1080/10530789.2023.2237242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHomeless servicesAdministrative burdenAffordable housing optionsUnderutilization of servicesRental assistanceHousing resourcesHousing optionsHomelessnessEviction crisisQualitative studyNew formsIndividual experiencesUnited StatesServicesExperienceNew HavenHousingInequitiesCrisisHavenUnmet needAssistanceInvestmentIndividualsSignificant effortsStructural Racism, the Social Determination of Health, and Health Inequities: The Intersecting Impacts of Housing and Mass Incarceration
Blankenship K, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Groves A, Keene D. Structural Racism, the Social Determination of Health, and Health Inequities: The Intersecting Impacts of Housing and Mass Incarceration. American Journal Of Public Health 2023, 113: s58-s64. PMID: 36696621, PMCID: PMC9877374, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.307116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural racismHealth inequitiesMass incarcerationConceptualization of racismAffordable housing optionsImpact of housingRacist practicesRace inequitiesHousing optionsSegregated neighborhoodsPublic health researchersRacismUS societySocial determinationBlack peopleRacial health disparitiesHealth equityHousingSocial determinantsInequitiesNew formsHealth researchersPolicyIncarcerationHealth disparities
2021
Does rental assistance improve mental health? Insights from a longitudinal cohort study
Denary W, Fenelon A, Schlesinger P, Purtle J, Blankenship KM, Keene DE. Does rental assistance improve mental health? Insights from a longitudinal cohort study. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 282: 114100. PMID: 34144434, PMCID: PMC8299474, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRental assistanceUnited StatesHousing costsLow-income individualsUrban developmentMental healthEligible householdsBudgetary constraintsAssistanceFixed-effects analysisPsychological distressHouseholdsFinancial strainLongitudinal dataLongitudinal cohort studyLow-income adultsNew HavenNon-significant decreaseCross-sectional analysisRentersHousingU.S. DepartmentCohort study“I don't know what home feels like anymore”: Residential spaces and the absence of ontological security for people returning from incarceration
Rosenberg A, Keene DE, Schlesinger P, Groves AK, Blankenship KM. “I don't know what home feels like anymore”: Residential spaces and the absence of ontological security for people returning from incarceration. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 272: 113734. PMID: 33601251, PMCID: PMC8942126, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOntological securityResidential experiencesHealth inequitiesResidential spaceHealth equityIntersection of housingIdea of homeWaves of interviewsSense of feelingCarceral stateMass incarcerationHousing vulnerabilityParticipants' narrativesU.S. citiesBasic securityPlace rulesHousingIncarcerationOne's identityUnderstudied aspectPrisonInequitiesSecurityPeopleEquity
2020
Quantifying the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority Policies Toward People With Criminal Justice Histories: United States, 2009–2018
Purtle J, Gebrekristos LT, Keene D, Schlesinger P, Niccolai L, Blankenship KM. Quantifying the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority Policies Toward People With Criminal Justice Histories: United States, 2009–2018. American Journal Of Public Health 2020, 110: s137-s144. PMID: 31967881, PMCID: PMC6987923, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2019.305437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal justice historyPolicy provisionsAuthority policiesNeighborhood segregationEthnic diversityCity-level measuresEviction of peopleHousing scarcityPublic housingHousing authoritiesPolicy documentsHealth inequitiesUS citiesPolicyContent analysisProvisionPeopleRestrictivenessIdeologyCircumstancesSame stateHousingEvictionSystematic processInequities
2017
Navigating Limited and Uncertain Access to Subsidized Housing After Prison
Keene DE, Rosenberg A, Schlesinger P, Guo M, Blankenship KM. Navigating Limited and Uncertain Access to Subsidized Housing After Prison. Housing Policy Debate 2017, 28: 199-214. PMID: 29657514, PMCID: PMC5894879, DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2017.1336638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubsidized housingFamily networksStable housingFormer prisonersUncertain accessHousing subsidiesPolicy landscapeLabor-intensive strategiesRental subsidiesHousing spaceRental marketQualitative interviewsPrisoners' accessHousingSubstantial discretionPrisonersUnderstudied sourceSubsidiesDiscretionAccessPotential costsPrisonInterviewsMembersLiterature