Identifying resident-centered pathways to economic mobility
Housing Choice Vouchers have enabled some families with lower incomes to surmount the affordable housing barrier, but the experiences of families receiving housing support services, the factors that cause families to remain in or move from their neighborhoods of choice, and the experiences of their children have not been gathered and understood. The Cook County Two-Generation Economic Mobility Demonstration Project (2Gen Project), with a focus on two generations (adults and youth), grew from a need to answer these questions.
The first study in the 2Gen Project, Staying Put, was conducted by a team of researchers at Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Urban Learning and Research. It identifies families’ experiences in opportunity neighborhoods and makes policy recommendations.
