Rooms for Improvement: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Housing Choice Voucher Program

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Table 1. List of studies used in this meta-analysis.

Authors and Publication date	Title	Data source	Locations	Number of Participants	Selection mode
Boyd et al., 2006	The durability of the Gautreaux Two Residential Mobility Program: A qualitative analysis of who stays and who moves from low-poverty neighborhoods	Gautreaux Two Housing Mobility Study	Chicago, IL	91	Program recruits
Briggs & Turner, 2006	Lessons for Practice	Moving to Opportunity	Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Boston	Not listed	Experimental
Brooks et al., 2005	Resident perception of housing, neighborhood, and economic conditions after relocation from public housing undergoing HOPE VI redevelopment	Case study	Atlanta, GA	93	Involuntary relocation
DeLuca & Rosenblatt, 2010	Does moving to better neighborhoods lead to better schooling opportunities? Parental school choice in an experimental housing voucher program	Moving to Opportunity	Baltimore, MD	249	Experimental program
DeLuca et al., 2013	Segregating shelter: how housing policies shape the residential locations of low-income minority families	Case study	Mobile, AL	100	Special program
Duncan, 2008	New lessons from the Gautreaux and Moving to Opportunity residential mobility programs	Gautreaux and Moving to Opportunity	Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York	Not given	Experimental and special program
Freiman et al., 2013	Housing assistance and supportive services in Memphis: Final brief	Case Study	Memphis, TN	26	Involuntary relocation
Galvez, 2010b	Getting past ‘ ‘no’: Housing choice voucher holders’ experiences with discrimination and search costs	Case study	Seattle, WA	31	Involuntary relocation
Greenlee, 2011	A different lens: administrative perspectives on portability in Illinois' Housing Choice Voucher Program	Case studies	Cook County, IL	18	Standard HCVP
Katz, Kling and Lieberman 2000	MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY IN BOSTON: EARLY RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED MOBILITY EXPERIMENT	Moving to Opportunity site	Boston, MA
Kleit & Manzo, 2006	To move or not to move: Relationships to place and relocation choices in HOPE VI	Case studies	Seattle, WA	200	Involuntary relocation
Marr, 2005	Mitigating apprehension about Section 8 vouchers: The positive role of housing specialists in search and placement	Case Studies	Los Angeles, CA	5 (ethnographic, repeated interviews)	Standard HCVP
Pashup et al., 2005	Participation in a residential mobility Program from the client’s perspective: findings from Gautreaux Two	Gautreaux Two Housing Mobility Study	Chicago, IL	71	Program recruits
Popkin, 2000	Searching for Section 8	Plan for Transformation	Chicago	141	Involuntary relocation
Scott, 2013	A case study of Anacostia: the role of housing vouchers on the local housing market	Case study	Washington DC	84	Standard HCVP program
Teater, 2011	A qualitative evaluation of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: The recipients' perspectives	Case study	Midwestern City	14	Standard HCVP program
Varady & Walker, 2000	Vouchering out distressed subsidized developments: Does moving lead to improvements in housing and neighborhood conditions?	Case studies	San Francisco, Kansas City, Newport News, Baltimore	201	Involuntary relocation
Varady et al., 2013	How housing professionals perceive effects of the Housing Choice Voucher Program on suburban communities	Case study	Cincinnati	17	Standard HCVP program
Varady, Walker & Wang, 2001	Voucher Recipient Achievement of ImprovedHousing Conditions in the US: Do MovingDistance and Relocation Services Matter?	Case studies	San Francisco, Kansas City, Newport News, Baltimore	201	Involuntary relocation
Walker, 2014	Resident Responses to Section 8 Relocation Outcomes:“If You're Gonna Move, You Want to Move Up”.	Case study	Denver, CO	25	Involuntary relocation
Wood, Turnham & Mills, 2008	Housing affordability and family well-being: results from the housing voucher evaluation	Welfare to Work	Atlanta; Augusta, GA; Fresno, CA; Houston; Los Angeles; and Spokane, WA	141	Experimental

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