%0 Journal Article
%T Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta
%A Erin Graves
%J Journal of Planning Literature
%@ 1552-6593
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0885412218795267
%X Many people poised to move through housing choice voucher programs cite violence as a primary factor in their decision-making. This study synthesizes a body of qualitative data to explore how participants recount their experiences with neighborhood violence and analyzes its relationship to residential decision-making. We find that while participants expressed a desire to move to improve their circumstances, they also recounted how neighborhood violence constrained choice by influencing a multitude of factors in the decision-making process. This shows the stress neighborhood violence places on households and how neighborhood factors constrain housing choice
%K crime/delinquency
%K environment behavior
%K housing
%K methods
%K policy/planning administration
%K housing choice vouchers
%K safety
%K disadvantage
%K opportunity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0885412218795267