
Article
The Threat of the Wandering Poor: Welfare Parochialism and its Impact on the Use of Housing Mobility as an Anti-Poverty Strategy
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Publication Date
1995
Keywords
- welfare,
- poverty law,
- housing
Disciplines
Abstract
This Essay discusses how, if one accepts the premises of mobility-based anti-poverty strategies, the geographical parochialism and structural rigidity of the welfare system undermine mobility goals. The Essay also examines the possibility that current trends in housing policy will undercut anti-poverty goals.
Citation Information
Susan Bennett. "The Threat of the Wandering Poor: Welfare Parochialism and its Impact on the Use of Housing Mobility as an Anti-Poverty Strategy" (1995) p. 1207 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_bennett/13/