Relationship in Neighborhood Choice and the Impact on Academic Achievement in Housing Choice Voucher Participants

Housing Choice Vouchers have expanded housing opportunities for millions of low-income households throughout the United States. Vouchers provide low-income households the opportunity to move to different neighborhoods. A growing body of research has shown where a households reside has a large impact on both, economic outcomes, and the quality of their children’s education. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect neighborhood choice has on the academic achievement of Housing Choice Voucher participant’s high school aged children. Using survey data, this study explored the relationship neighborhood choice had on passing STAAR reading and mathematics exam in three different socioeconomic settings comprised of low, middle, and high-income neighborhoods. Additionally, it explored if the use of neighborhood resources and perceived neighborhood characteristics correlated to the passing STAAR reading and mathematics exam. Findings were analyzed using Pearson’s Chi-square and frequency distributions. Findings suggest the income level of neighborhoods did not correlate to the passing of the standardized test. However, neighborhood resources of police services did have a relationship to passing STAAR reading exam. Though a statistically significant number of participants did utilize mentoring programs, these programs did not have a relationship to passing STAAR mathematics. Due to low participation in the survey, hesitancy must be used when generalizing the results.

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Publication date (Electronic preprint): 12 March 2024

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[1 ] Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas, United States ( https://ror.org/00x75sk82)

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Damien Kelly https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-3139

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DOI: 10.14293/P2199-8442.1.SOP-.P3SDK7.v1

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[1] Bloom Howard S., Hill Carolyn J., Riccio James A.. Linking program implementation and effectiveness: Lessons from a pooled sample of welfare‐to‐work experiments. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 22(4):551–575. 2003. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[2] Boyd Melody L., Edin Kathryn, Clampet-Lundquist Susan, Duncan Greg J.. The durability of gains from the<i>Gautreaux</i>Two residential mobility program: a qualitative analysis of who stays and who moves from low-poverty neighborhoods∗. Housing Policy Debate. Vol. 20(1):119–146. 2010. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[3] de Souza Briggs Xavier, Ferryman Kadija S., Popkin Susan J., Rendón María. Why did the moving to opportunity experiment not get young people into better schools? Housing Policy Debate. Vol. 19(1):53–91. 2008. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[4] Carlson Deven, Haveman Robert, Kaplan Tom, Wolfe Barbara. Long-term earnings and employment effects of housing voucher receipt. Journal of Urban Economics. Vol. 71(1):128–150. 2012. Elsevier BV. [Cross Ref]

[5] Ellis Addie Lucille, Geller Kathy D.. Unheard and Unseen. Education and Urban Society. Vol. 48(6):583–610. 2016. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]

[6] Horn Keren Mertens, Ellen Ingrid Gould, Schwartz Amy Ellen. Do Housing Choice Voucher holders live near good schools? Journal of Housing Economics. Vol. 23:28–40. 2014. Elsevier BV. [Cross Ref]

[7] Ludwig Jens, Duncan Greg J, Gennetian Lisa A, Katz Lawrence F, Kessler Ronald C, Kling Jeffrey R, Sanbonmatsu Lisa. Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity. American Economic Review. Vol. 103(3):226–231. 2013. American Economic Association. [Cross Ref]

[8] Garboden Philip M. E., Rosen Eva, DeLuca Stefanie, Edin Kathryn. Taking Stock: What Drives Landlord Participation in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Housing Policy Debate. Vol. 28(6):979–1003. 2018. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[9] Rothwell Jonathan T., Massey Douglas S.. Geographic Effects on Intergenerational <scp>I</scp>ncome Mobility. Economic Geography. Vol. 91(1):83–106. 2015. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[10] Sharkey Patrick, Schwartz Amy Ellen, Ellen Ingrid Gould, Lacoe Johanna. High Stakes in the Classroom, High Stakes on the Street: The Effects of Community Violence on Student’s Standardized Test Performance. Sociological Science. Vol. 1:199–220. 2014. Society for Sociological Science. [Cross Ref]

[11] Varady David P., Jaroscak Joseph, Kleinhans Reinout. How to attract more landlords to the housing choice voucher program: a case study of landlord outreach efforts. Urban Research & Practice. 1–13. 2016. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[12] Wodtke Geoffrey T., Parbst Matthew. Neighborhoods, Schools, and Academic Achievement: A Formal Mediation Analysis of Contextual Effects on Reading and Mathematics Abilities. Demography. Vol. 54(5):1653–1676. 2017. Duke University Press. [Cross Ref]