David P Varady
Biographic Data
| ID | 181539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David P Varady |
| GIVEN NAMES | David P |
| FAMILY NAME | Varady |
| SIGNATURE | VARADY D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9518-4591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 81 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 81 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America
Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia
Advanced introduction to urban segregation , by Sako Musterd: Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, Edgar Elgar Publishing Company, 2023
Rahim Kurwa, Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing
Housing in the United States: The Basics
Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time
In Fragile Neighborhoods, Seth Kaplan argues that the federal government has failed at neighborhood revitalization because it has insufficiently emphasized social networks, local organizations, and
Handbook of quality of life research: Place and policy perspectives , edited by Robert W. Marans, Robert J. Stimson, and Noah J. Webster
Rethinking neighborhoods: Connections and cohesion , by William A.V. Clark
Illusions of progress: Business, poverty and liberalism in the American century , by Brent Cebul
Stuck at home: Housing and neighborhood conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic, a case study of Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas
This article analyzes the degree of (dis)satisfaction of residents, with their\nhomes and their neighborhood facilities, during the lockdown imposed by\nthe COVID-19 pandemic. The research, centered on the Lisbon and Porto\nmetropolitan areas (Portugal), methodologically crosses a qualitative analysis\n(based on a survey carried out among the residents of the two metropolitan\nareas) with a quantitative analysis (carried out based on official sta…
Collateral damages: Landlords and the urban housing crisis , by Meredith Greif Collateral damages: Landlords and the urban housing crisis , by Meredith Greif, New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 2022
Condoland: The planning, design and development of Toronto’s CityPlace , by James T. White and John Punter
Condoland: The planning, design and development of Toronto's CityPlace, by James T. White and John Punter." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge
"Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge." Journal of the American Planning Association, 88(4), pp. 597–598
Affordable housing preservation in Washington DC: A framework for local funding, collaborative governance and community organizing for change
Cities and affordable housing: Planning, design and policy nexus , edited by Sasha Tsenkova
Cities and affordable housing: Planning, design and policy nexus, edited by Sasha Tsenkova." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Salinas: A history of race and resilience in an agricultural city , by Carol Lynn McKibben
Glasgow: High-rise homes, estates and communities in the post-war period , by Lynn Abrams, Ade Kearns, Barry Hazley and Valerie Wright
Glasgow: High-rise homes, estates and communities in the post-war period, by Lynn Abrams, Ade Kearns, Barry Hazley, and Valerie Wright." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Upsold: Real estate agents, prices, and neighborhood inequality , by Max Besbris
Upsold: Real estate agents, prices, and neighborhood inequality, by Max Besbris." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
American urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s unconventional wisdom reshaped public life , by Richard K. Rein
American urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s unconventional wisdom reshaped public life, by Richard K. Rein." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Immigrant crossroads: Globalization, incorporation, and placemaking in Queens, New York , edited by Tarry Hum, Ron Hayduk, Francois Pierre-Louis Jr. and Michael Alan Krasner
Immigrant crossroads: Globalization, incorporation, and placemaking in Queens, New York, edited by Tarry Hum, Ron Hayduk, Francois Pierre-Louis Jr. and Michael Alan Krasner." Journal of Urban Affairs, 44(1), pp. 101–102
Urban lowlands: A history of neighborhoods, poverty, and planning
Urban lowlands: a history of neighborhoods, poverty, and planning." Housing Studies, 36(6), pp. 971–972
The game of urban regeneration: Culture and community in London 2012 and Berlin’s Mediaspree , by Francesca Weber-Newth
The game of urban regeneration: Culture and community in London 2012 and Berlin’s Mediaspree, by Francesca Weber-Newth." Journal of Urban Affairs, 43(3), pp. 486–487
The voucher promise: ‘Section 8’ and the fate of an American neighborhood , by Eva Rosen
The voucher promise: ‘Section 8’ and the fate of an American neighborhood, by Eva Rosen." Journal of Urban Affairs, 43(5), pp. 724–725
Sequel to suburbia: Glimpses of America’s post-suburban future
Sequel to suburbia: Glimpses of America’s post-suburban future." Journal of Urban Affairs, 41(7), pp. 1040–1041
The divided city: Poverty and prosperity in urban America
The Divided City by Alan Mallach “is a story of what has really been going on in America’s older industrial cities since the turn of the millennium, why it is happening, [and] what that means for t
The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America
Attracting Middle-Income Families in the Hope vi Public Housing Revitalization Program
While the growing literature on HOPE VI emphasizes the presumed benefits of income mixing these benefits are most likely to occur if middle-income families with children are drawn to these sites. But is this feasible? Our comparative case study analysis of four HOPE VI sites in Cincinnati, Louisville, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, suggests that it will be difficult to achieve the mixing of lower- and middle-income families with children. None of…
Toward a Better Way to Measure Customer Satisfaction Levels in Public Housing: A Report from Cincinnati
This paper proposes a more reliable approach to measuring public housing customer satisfaction than has been used in the past, that is, one that (a) looks at trends in customer satisfaction rather than satisfaction at one point in time; (b) looks at different components of satisfaction; and (c) combines qualitative and quantitative information. Cross-tabular and logistic regression analysis were applied to a dataset containing approximately 1300 …
Using Hot-Spot Analysis to Study the Clustering of Section 8 Housing Voucher Families
This paper seeks to improve local policy makers' ability to monitor changes in the spatial distribution of Section 8 housing voucher recipients by combining hot-spot analysis with dot mapping and census tract analysis. All three methods were used to analyze the distribution of more than 6,000 Section 8 participants in Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati). The hot-spot analysis identified three groupings of high density Section 8 housing voucher clu…
Struggling Giants: City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris and Tokyo
At the heart of this wide-ranging exploration of four global city regions (GCRs) is the question of whether they are governable. Despite their influence on the world economy, the question is: Are l
Muslim Residential Clustering and Political Radicalism
Through a review of the academic literature and the popular press there is considerable support for the concerns of politicians about Muslim segregation in European cities. First, the levels of segregation in many cities remain high and the boundaries of residential concentrations are expanding. Second, because segregation is primarily voluntary in nature reflecting strong ties to Islam this makes government intervention difficult. Third, althoug…
Using Housing Vouchers to Move to the Suburbs: The Alameda County, California, Experience
When families with Section 8 housing vouchers move from inner-city communities to the suburbs, are they more likely to perceive difficulties and to be dissatisfied with their search for housing than families who make local moves or families who first move to the suburbs but then return to the central city? Both bivariate cross-tabular and logistic regression analysis are applied to a telephone interview sample of 300 Section 8 voucher recipients …
Using Housing Vouchers to Create Stable Mixed-Income Gentrifying Neighborhoods: A Case Study of Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH
The Over-the-Rhine (OTR) neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio is a gentrifying inner-city community undergoing rapid revitalization. In a gentrifying neighborhood like OTR, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) could help sustain a mix of incomes within an increasingly high-income community. This study uses geographic information system analysis to examine the role of HCVP in OTR from 1995 to 2012, that is, changes in voucher holder density, hots…
Comparing public housing revitalization in a liberal and a Mediterranean society (US vs. Portugal)
Financing Economic Development in the 21St Century
Social Disorders in the Early Stages of Public Housing Decline: A Helsinki Case Study
While Helsinki's council housing is in physically good condition, it is beginning to experience crime, drug dealing and anti-social behavior. Through a case study of Helsinki's council housing the paper seeks to improve understanding of public housing decline early in the process. Open-ended interviews with Helsinki housing experts and housing officials highlight weak eviction laws and inadequate funding for transitional housing as key causes of …
Middle-income Housing Programmes in American Cities
There is increasing consensus among policy-makers and scholars that in order to ensure the social, economic and political viability of American central cities it will be necessary to address middle-income as well as low-income housing needs. The popularity of equity planning—with its focus on the most needy-implies, however, that these programmes would be so controversial that politicians would be reluctant to implement them. Case-studies of seve…
Public housing and the legacy of segregation
Two Approaches to School Desegregation and Their Impacts on City-Suburban Choice: Cincinnati, Ohio, and Wilmington, Delaware
This paper employs step wise multiple regression to test the effectiveness of combined city-suburban school districts in increasing the willingness of families with children to choose central city locations. Over 5000 recent homebuyers in Hamilton County (Cincinnati), Ohio, and New Castle County (Wilmington), Delaware, were surveyed. New Castle County had combined city-suburban school districts and families living there were expected to be more l…
Tax Abatements and below Market Rate Mortgages to Attract Middle Income Families to the Central City: A Cincinnati Study
There is growing recognition among mayors and other local officials of the need for programs such as tax abatements and government financed below market rate loans to stimulate new middle income housing production. Unfortunately, data are lacking about the potential demand for such programs among middle income buyers. To address this gap in the literature, stepwise multiple regression analysis was applied to a mailed questionnaire sample of 2,276…
Ethnic Minorities in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Racially Changing Communities
Ethnic Minorities in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Racially Changing Communities
1. Introduction.- 2. Previous research: The underlying causes of neighborhood change.- 3. The racial transition process: Is Wynnefield a typical changing community?.- 4. Determinants of moving plans: Did white residents panic move?.- 5. Determinants of mobility: Do ethnic variables influence the decision to move?.- 6. The mobility process: Why householders think they moved.- 7. Synagogues and churches in changing communities: What role can they p…
Ethnic Minorities in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Racially Changing Communities
Neighborhood stabilization in jewish communities: A comparative analysis
Determinants of Elderly Residential Mobility: How Well Do the Elderly Adjust to Housing Problems
Multiple regression analysis is applied to the longitudinal Annual Housing Survey data set for the 1974 to 1977 period to identify differences between the mobility decisions of elderly and younger families. In contrast to what has been suggested by the literature, the elderly were just as likely to move in response to severe housing and neighborhood problems as were younger families There were, however, differences in the determinants of mobility…
Urban Neighborhoods: Research and Policy
Elderly Jews and their neighborhood environment: A study of the Philada Apartments in Cincinnati
Tax Abatements and below Market Rate Mortgages to Attract Middle Income Families to the Central City: A Cincinnati Study
There is growing recognition among mayors and other local officials of the need for programs such as tax abatements and government financed below market rate loans to stimulate new middle income housing production. Unfortunately, data are lacking about the potential demand for such programs among middle income buyers. To address this gap in the literature, stepwise multiple regression analysis was applied to a mailed questionnaire sample of 2,276…
Segmentation of the Home-Buyer Market: A Cincinnati Study
To better understand the segmentation of the home-buyer market in American metropolitan areas, cluster analysis is applied to the results of three surveys of 6,173 recent home buyers in Hamilton County (Cincinnati), Ohio. Life-style orientation was particularly important in identifying 8 clusters, which highlights the value of using attitudinal as well as objective census-type measures. A large contiguous grouping of cosmopolitan submarkets close…
Changing Demograhics and Life Styles: What Are Recent Homebuyers Really like
Cross-tabular and cluster analysis are applied to mailed questionnaire samples for Hamilton County (Cincinnati), Ohio, and New Castle County (Wilmington), Delaware, to determine the extent to which recent demographic and life style trends associated with neighborhood revitalization influenced the composition of the homebuying population. In fact, these trends have had only a limited impact. Although Hamilton County contained a homebuyer cluster o…
Two Approaches to School Desegregation and Their Impacts on City-Suburban Choice: Cincinnati, Ohio, and Wilmington, Delaware
This paper employs step wise multiple regression to test the effectiveness of combined city-suburban school districts in increasing the willingness of families with children to choose central city locations. Over 5000 recent homebuyers in Hamilton County (Cincinnati), Ohio, and New Castle County (Wilmington), Delaware, were surveyed. New Castle County had combined city-suburban school districts and families living there were expected to be more l…
Middle-income Housing Programmes in American Cities
There is increasing consensus among policy-makers and scholars that in order to ensure the social, economic and political viability of American central cities it will be necessary to address middle-income as well as low-income housing needs. The popularity of equity planning—with its focus on the most needy-implies, however, that these programmes would be so controversial that politicians would be reluctant to implement them. Case-studies of seve…
Future visions of urban public housing
City-building in America
Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics in Chicago and Pittsburgh
Toward a Better Way to Measure Customer Satisfaction Levels in Public Housing: A Report from Cincinnati
This paper proposes a more reliable approach to measuring public housing customer satisfaction than has been used in the past, that is, one that (a) looks at trends in customer satisfaction rather than satisfaction at one point in time; (b) looks at different components of satisfaction; and (c) combines qualitative and quantitative information. Cross-tabular and logistic regression analysis were applied to a dataset containing approximately 1300 …
Voucher Recipient Achievement of Improved Housing Conditions in the US: Do Moving Distance and Relocation Services Matter?
When householders are vouchered-out from distressed, federally subsidised private developments in the US and receive moderate relocation counselling, does that counselling lead to a more intensive housing search, longer-distance moves and higher levels of housing satisfaction ? Multiple regression analysis was applied to a data-set containing survey and geographical information (for example, distance moved, median neighbourhood income level) for …
Can Public Housing Authorities Attract and Hold Upwardly Mobile Households: A Report from Cincinnati
Logistic regression analysis is applied to a pooled, cross sectional data set containing results from approximately 1,300 interviews with Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) residents, carried out between 1995 and 1998 to determine overall levels of residential attachment, and to test whether socially mobile householders had especially weak attachments to their locations. The results highlighted a strong propensity to move among CMHA…
The Hidden War: Crime and the Tragedy of Public Housing in Chicago
Voucher Recipient Achievement of Improved Housing Conditions in the US: Do Moving Distance and Relocation Services Matter
When householders are vouchered-out from distressed, federally subsidised private developments in the US and receive moderate relocation counselling, does that counselling lead to a more intensive housing search, longer-distance moves and higher levels of housing satisfaction ? Multiple regression analysis was applied to a data-set containing survey and geographical information (for example, distance moved, median neighbourhood income level) for …
Using Housing Vouchers to Move to the Suburbs: The Alameda County, California, Experience
When families with Section 8 housing vouchers move from inner-city communities to the suburbs, are they more likely to perceive difficulties and to be dissatisfied with their search for housing than families who make local moves or families who first move to the suburbs but then return to the central city? Both bivariate cross-tabular and logistic regression analysis are applied to a telephone interview sample of 300 Section 8 voucher recipients …
Attracting Middle-Income Families in the Hope vi Public Housing Revitalization Program
While the growing literature on HOPE VI emphasizes the presumed benefits of income mixing these benefits are most likely to occur if middle-income families with children are drawn to these sites. But is this feasible? Our comparative case study analysis of four HOPE VI sites in Cincinnati, Louisville, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, suggests that it will be difficult to achieve the mixing of lower- and middle-income families with children. None of…
Using Hot-Spot Analysis to Study the Clustering of Section 8 Housing Voucher Families
This paper seeks to improve local policy makers' ability to monitor changes in the spatial distribution of Section 8 housing voucher recipients by combining hot-spot analysis with dot mapping and census tract analysis. All three methods were used to analyze the distribution of more than 6,000 Section 8 participants in Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati). The hot-spot analysis identified three groupings of high density Section 8 housing voucher clu…
The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America
Social Disorders in the Early Stages of Public Housing Decline: A Helsinki Case Study
While Helsinki's council housing is in physically good condition, it is beginning to experience crime, drug dealing and anti-social behavior. Through a case study of Helsinki's council housing the paper seeks to improve understanding of public housing decline early in the process. Open-ended interviews with Helsinki housing experts and housing officials highlight weak eviction laws and inadequate funding for transitional housing as key causes of …
When Public Housing Was Paradise: Building Community in Chicago by J.S. Fuerst
Sociology (53 works) · Economics (47 works) · Political science (47 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (37 works) · Geography (35 works) · Economic growth (24 works) · Business (21 works) · Law (21 works) · Regional science (20 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (20 works)