Doctoral Dissertation Research: Discrimination in the Rental Market, a Focus on Latinos

SES：0623651 PI：James Elliott， 珍妮·豪伯特机构：杜兰大学最近的研究表明，平均而言，拉丁美洲人在美国城市中四分之一的尝试获得租赁住房时受到歧视，而非洲裔美国人则为五分之一，但这方面的研究相对较少。 虽然对非裔美国人的歧视仍然是一个值得学术调查的重要话题，但重要的是，研究人员也要适当关注美国增长最快和最大的少数民族群体。 它们不包括东南部的任何城市，而东南部是拉丁美洲人口增长最快的地区;它们不包括拉丁美洲移民是一个相对较新现象的城市;它们不涉及语言特征分析问题和基于电话的住房歧视的可能性;它们不包括对目标的观点或生活经历的任何分析。 本研究通过对海湾港-比洛克西-帕斯卡古拉住房市场（密西西比地区受卡特里娜飓风影响最严重）的深入分析，解决了这些重要差距。 三个问题推动了这项研究。 第一，当地市场和社区的特点是否使某些地区更容易受到歧视？ 第二，一些拉丁美洲人是否更容易受到住房歧视，某些类型的住房经纪人是否更容易歧视？ 第三，拉丁美洲人如何解释他们在房地产市场的经历？ 这项研究基于两个数据来源：一个是2004年和2006年旨在测试当地租赁代理商遵守公平住房法的电话审计;两个是卡特里娜飓风后对生活在墨西哥湾沿岸的拉丁美洲人的深入采访。 与以变量为导向的审计方法相反，访谈将深入了解该地区拉丁美洲人的生活经历和观点，为一个往往代表性不足的群体，拉丁美洲移民发声。更广泛的影响：更好地了解哪些社会力量系统地影响歧视的可能性，以及拉丁美洲人如何解释他们在住房市场上的经验，既可以为地方和联邦政策提供信息，也有助于改善政府和非营利组织在公平住房立法方面的执法和教育工作。 更一般地说，这种分析将提供重要的见解，拉丁美洲移民如何被纳入一个新的目的地，少数群体和多数群体成员之间的权力动态，以及群体关系是否在美国发生变化。

SES: 0623651PI: James Elliott, Jeannie Haubert Institution: Tulane UniversityRecent research shows that on average, Latinos are discriminated against in one in four attempts to acquire rental housing in U.S. cities as compared to one in five attempts for African Americans, yet relatively little research in this area has focused on Latinos. While discrimination against African Americans continues to be an important topic worthy of scholarly investigation, it is important that researchers also give due attention to the fastest growing and largest minority group in the U.S. In this area, those studies of Latinos that do exist are limited in important ways. They do not include any cities in the Southeast, the region of the country with the fastest growing Latino population; they do not include cities in which Latino in-migration is a relatively new phenomenon; they do not address the issue of linguistic profiling and the possibility for phone-based housing discrimination; and they do not include any analyses of the targets' perspectives or lived experiences. This research addresses these important gaps with an in-depth analysis of the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula housing market, the area of Mississippi most intensely affected by hurricane Katrina. Three questions drive this research. First, do local market and neighborhood characteristics make discrimination more likely in some areas? Second, are some Latinos more vulnerable to housing discrimination and are some types of housing agents more likely to discriminate? Third, how do Latinos interpret their experiences in the housing market? This study is based on two data sources: one, phone audits intended to test local rental agents' compliance with Fair Housing laws in 2004 and 2006; and two, in-depth interviews with Latinos living on the Gulf Coast after hurricane Katrina. In contrast to the variable-oriented approach of the audits, the interviews will provide insight into the lived experiences and perspectives of Latinos in the area giving voice to an often-underrepresented group, Latino migrants. Broader Impacts: Improved understanding of which social forces systematically affect the likelihood of discrimination and how Latinos interpret their experiences in the housing market can both inform local and federal policy and help improve enforcement and education efforts by governmental and non-profit organizations concerned with Fair Housing legislation. More generally, this analysis will provide important insights into how Latino migrants are incorporated into a new destination, power dynamics between minority and majority group members, and whether group relations change in a U.S. housing market after a disaster.