The Intersection of Housing and Criminal Activity

In 2019, there were over 37 million housing-cost-burdened households in the United States, and the national discussion about the difficulty of finding affordable housing hinges, in part, on the idea that stable housing may be a prerequisite to stability and success in other domains in life. Economists Emily Leslie and Brittany Street will investigate the impact of access to public housing assistance on labor market and criminal justice outcomes as well as how these outcomes vary by racial group. They will analyze data from the Federal Statistical Research Data, administrative data on HUD enrollments, and the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System for their study.