2023
The Affordable Rental Housing Crisis and Population Health Equity: a Multidimensional and Multilevel Framework
Keene D, Blankenship K. The Affordable Rental Housing Crisis and Population Health Equity: a Multidimensional and Multilevel Framework. Journal Of Urban Health 2023, 100: 1212-1223. PMID: 37991605, PMCID: PMC10728029, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00799-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousing insecurityPopulation health equityHousing crisisStructural racismHealth equityUnequal burdenCurrent housing crisisMultilevel frameworkHousing arrangementsRacismInsecurityIndividual householdsHousing conditionsEquityCrisisHousingPolicyPopulation healthMultiple formsCommunityConsiderable bodyInsecure individualsFull impactHomelessnessHouseholds“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
2022
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
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 aspectPrisonInequitiesSecurityPeopleEquityThe Effects of Rental Assistance on Housing Stability, Quality, Autonomy, and Affordability
Schapiro R, Blankenship K, Rosenberg A, Keene D. The Effects of Rental Assistance on Housing Stability, Quality, Autonomy, and Affordability. Housing Policy Debate 2021, 32: 456-472. PMID: 35685650, PMCID: PMC9173361, DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2020.1846067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRental assistanceAffordable housing crisisDimensions of housingLow-quality housingLow-income householdsHousing accessHousing measuresHousing unaffordabilityAffordable housingHousing crisisHousing instabilityQuality housingHousing stabilityLack of autonomyIncome householdsHousingAutonomyAssistanceAffordabilityLow-income adultsNew HavenCrisisUnaffordabilityAccessHouseholds
2020
Ping-Pong Housing: Women’s Post-Incarceration Trajectories
Smoyer A, Keene D, Oyola M, Hampton A. Ping-Pong Housing: Women’s Post-Incarceration Trajectories. Affilia 2020, 36: 336-356. DOI: 10.1177/0886109920954416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuantifying 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
2018
Stigma, housing and identity after prison
Keene DE, Smoyer AB, Blankenship KM. Stigma, housing and identity after prison. The Sociological Review 2018, 66: 799-815. PMID: 32855574, PMCID: PMC7449251, DOI: 10.1177/0038026118777447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReintegration projectsSymbolic resourcesOngoing stigmatizationAffordable placesQualitative interviewsStigmatized identityInterpersonal formsPrison releaseHousingIncarcerationStigmatized individualsInterviewsNumerous barriersPrisonIdentityStigmaArduous oneHomePlaceQuestConsiderable challengeCitizensPovertyHomelessnessNarratives'Then I Found Housing and Everything Changed': Transitions to Rent-Assisted Housing and Diabetes Self-Management.
Keene DE, Henry M, Gormley C, Ndumele C. 'Then I Found Housing and Everything Changed': Transitions to Rent-Assisted Housing and Diabetes Self-Management. Cityscape : A Journal Of Policy Development And Research 2018, 20: 107-118. PMID: 31406556, PMCID: PMC6690624, DOI: 10.2307/26472170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRental assistanceLow-income residentsQualitative interview dataExperience of transitionHousing accessAssisted housingResidential stabilityQualitative interviewsParticipants' housingInterview dataHousingInterviewsSocial supportPopulation healthDiabetes routinesTheory approachAssistanceFinancial stressDiabetes-related complicationsType 2 diabetesSelf-management behaviorsNew HavenAccessDiabetes Self-ManagementExperience
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
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
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 AmericansHousingTiesChicago