Resident Relocation Survey
The Resident Relocation Survey, a survey of public housing leaseholders in Phase II of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Housing Transformation initiative, was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, with funding and support from the MacArthur Foundation. This survey was designed as a vehicle to inform the improvement of processes of the Transformation, which began in early 2000. Housing Transformation involves a staged, multi-year process of demolishing, or in some cases rehabilitating, the most substandard and broken high rise public housing developments in Chicago and replacing them with new construction while at the same time assisting and supporting the relocation of thousands of affected leaseholders to new and improved dwellings. The Resident Relocation Survey, a census of the public housing leaseholder population relocated in 2002, is the first study to gather data from and about those most affected by the relocation process.
The Resident Relocation Survey involved face-to-face interviews with Phase II Leaseholders, those who started the relocation process in 2002. This group includes leaseholders relocating in 2002 and leaseholders relocating in early 2003. More than 900 of these leaseholders – nearly the entire population of 1080 identified by the CHA as Phase II Leaseholders – participated in an interview. Conducted between October and December, 2002, the survey used the proven methodology and tools of social science survey research and is therefore well suited to give stakeholders in the Transformation process as well as the researchers and the general public a useful body of information about the leaseholders’ experience during relocation.
This report presents initial results and analysis from the Resident Relocation Survey. Section I of the report describes the survey sample, questionnaire design, training of interviewers, data collection and methodology. Section II presents the survey findings.
Resident Relocation Survey Final Report
A follow-up survey with a sample of the Phase II population was conducted in 2003.
Please direct questions about the survey to:
Related Links:
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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