"The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease": Rental Assistance Applicants' Quests for a Rationed and Scarce Resource.
"The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease": Rental Assistance Applicants' Quests for a Rationed and Scarce Resource.
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DOI：
10.1093/socpro/spab035
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发表时间：
2023-02
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Blankenship, Kim M.
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Keene, Danya E.;Rosenberg, Alana;Schlesinger, Penelope;Whittaker, Shannon;Niccolai, Linda;Blankenship, Kim M.
2016年，只有五分之一的符合条件的美国家庭获得了租房援助，全国平均等待时间为两年。现有的租金援助与需求之间的差距要求系统分配这种稀缺的资源。潜在的租房援助接受者体验和驾驭这些系统的方式可能会决定谁最终接受援助。我们对纽黑文低收入居民（N=54）进行了反复的定性访谈（N=238），以检查参与者如何理解和浏览租赁援助申请和等候名单。与会者在寻求租金援助时遇到了多重挑战。他们描述了一个不透明和复杂的应用程序和等待过程，需要大量的知识来导航。他们还描述了与监控等候名单相关的大量劳动，由于缺乏稳定的地址，这一挑战对一些人来说更加困难。此外，参与者描述了战略性地导航优先级系统所需的大量劳动力和知识，这些系统通常要求他们倡导他们对稀缺住房资源的应得性。我们的研究结果表明，通过依赖于申请人知识、劳动力和倡导的复杂过程分配租金援助可能会对住房造成障碍，特别是对更弱势和边缘化的住房寻求者。
In 2016, only one in five eligible U.S. households received rental assistance and waiting lists averaged two years nationally. The gap between available rental assistance and need requires systems to allocate this scarce resource. The way potential rental assistance recipients experience and navigate these systems is likely to shape who ultimately receives assistance. We draw on repeated qualitative interviews (N=238) with low-income New Haven residents (N=54) to examine how participants understand and navigate rental assistance applications and waiting lists. Participants encountered multiple challenges in their search for rental assistance. They described an opaque and complex application and waiting process requiring significant knowledge to navigate. They also described considerable labor associated with monitoring waiting lists, a challenge made more difficult for some by their lack of a stable address. Additionally, participants described significant labor and knowledge required to strategically navigate prioritization systems that often required them to advocate for their deservingness of scarce housing resources. Our findings suggest that the allocation of rental assistance through complex processes that depend on applicant knowledge, labor, and advocacy may create barriers to housing, particularly for more vulnerable and marginalized housing seekers.
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