The Threat of the Wandering Poor: Welfare Parochialism and its Impact on the Use of Housing Mobility as an Anti-Poverty Strategy

Authors

Susan Bennett, Washington College of Law of the American University

Keywords

welfare, poverty law, housing

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.

Recommended Citation

Susan Bennett, The Threat of the Wandering Poor: Welfare Parochialism and its Impact on the Use of Housing Mobility as an Anti-Poverty Strategy, 22 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1207 (2011).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol22/iss4/14