The Dream Revisited: Neighborhoods, Opportunities, and the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Launched on Martin Luther King Jr. Day earlier this year, The Dream Revisited is a “slow debate” on the causes and consequences of racial and economic segregation in neighborhoods and schools. It is presented as part of the Furman Center’s year-long Integration Research Initiative.
The eighth discussion in the series explores how the federal Housing Choice Voucher program can most effectively improve social, educational, and economic opportunities for voucher recipients. Essays in this discussion include:
- “Children and Housing Vouchers” by Barbara Sard, Vice President for Housing Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and Philip Tegeler, Executive Director of the Poverty and race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
- “Children and Housing Vouchers: A Policymaker’s Perspective” by Sandra B. Henriquez, Former Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and former Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Housing Authority
- “Children and Housing Vouchers: A Practitioner’s Perspective" by Stephen Norman, Executive Director of the King County Housing Authority, and President of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)
- “Why Don’t More Voucher Holders Escape Poor Neighborhoods?” by Stefanie DeLuca, Associate Professor of Sociology at the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Baltimore
Share your questions and reactions to the essays on Twitter via the hashtag #TheDreamRevisited.
If you have any comments or suggestions for future discussions, send us an email to fccommunications@nyu.com
The Dream Revisited will feature a new discussion each month for the entire year. At the conclusion of project in 2014, the debates will be digitally archived. The Dream Revisited is presented as part of the NYU Furman Center's Integration Research Initiative and supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
