[homeles_ot-l] Perceptions of Landlords Who Rent to Housing First Tenants

[Tim D. Aubry]

FYI.  The following is an abstract of an article that we recently published in the American Journal of Community Psychology on the perceptions of landlords in Moncton who rented to Housing First tenants.

Please contact me by e-mail if you are interested in receiving a .pdf copy.

Thanks,

Tim Aubry
Professor, School of Psychology
University of Ottawa

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Perceptions of Private Market Landlords Who Rent to Tenants of a Housing First Program
Tim Aubry1  <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10464-015-9714-2/fulltext.html#ContactOfAuthor1> , Rebecca Cherner1 , John Ecker1 , Jonathan Jetté1 , Jennifer Rae1 , Stephanie Yamin1 ,John Sylvestre1, Jimmy Bourque2 and Nancy McWilliams3
1School of Psychology & Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2Faculté d'Éducation et Centre de recherche et de développement en éducation, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
3United Way of Greater Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

Abstract
The rental of housing units by landlords to participants in Housing First<http://link.springer.com/search?dc.title=Housing+First&facet-content-type=ReferenceWorkEntry&sortOrder=relevance> (HF) programs is critical to the success of these programs. Therefore, it is important to understand the experiences of landlords with having these individuals as tenants. The paper presents findings of qualitative interviews with 23 landlords who rented to tenants from a HF program located in a small city and adjoining rural area in eastern Canada and in which approximately 75 % of tenants had been housed for at least six consecutive months at 2 years in the program. Findings showed that landlords are motivated to rent to HF tenants for financial and pro-social reasons. They reported holding a range of positive, neutral, and negative perceptions of these tenants. They identified problems encountered with some HF tenants that included disruptive visitors, conflict with other tenants, constant presence in their apartments, and poor upkeep of units. On the other hand, landlords perceived HF tenants as being mostly good tenants who are similar to their other tenants. Implications for practice in the context of HF programs are discussed.

American Journal of Community Psychology, 55, 292-303

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