{"id":13128,"date":"2019-10-15T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T18:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/?p=13128"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:22:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:22:39","slug":"smart-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/blog\/2019\/10\/15\/smart-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last year had been a fragile time for Ashley and her 5-year-old daughter, drifting without income through shelters and temporary homes around Seattle, when the word arrived: They were off the waitlist for a housing choice voucher.<\/p>\n
With that approval came another offer. The housing authorities of Seattle and King County, Washington, were carrying out a pilot program to help voucher recipients with the legwork of finding new homes. Creating Moves to Opportunity, developed by a team of researchers including Johns Hopkins sociologist Stefanie DeLuca<\/a>, would provide counseling and financial assistance through all stages of the housing search. Working directly with Ashley, a family navigator would research and suggest neighborhoods that could point her daughter toward better opportunities.<\/p>\n