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abstract: 'Research has documented illicit drug users'' participation in the
informal and drug economies as a result of barriers in obtaining
legitimate sources of work and income. Less research has explored ways
drug users utilize income from various sources to obtain shelter and
meet other basic needs. This paper draws on longitudinal qualitative
interviews that were conducted with 65 active cocaine or heroin users in
various housed or homeless statuses to explore participants'' sources of
income, work experiences, and strategies to secure housing and other
basic needs. Results indicate that most participants did not receive
cash welfare benefits, and few had any form of employment. Further,
those who received federal housing subsidies often had no income to pay
their part of the rent or other necessities. Participants reported
engaging in a number of informal, illegal, and bartering relationships
with drug using and non-drug using residents in order to obtain shelter
and income. Insufficient social welfare and employment opportunities
have created a context of scarcity in which drug using and non-drug
using residents depend on each other to obtain shelter and other needs
in ways prohibited by federal welfare and housing policies. A number of
policy changes, including increasing access to and benefits levels of
welfare and housing subsidies, employment programs for ex-offenders and
tax incentives to increase employment opportunities, may increase drug
users'' housing stability.'
affiliation: 'Dickson-Gomez, J (Corresponding Author), Med Coll Wisconsin, Ctr AIDS
Intervent Res, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA.
Dickson-Gomez, Julia, Med Coll Wisconsin, Ctr AIDS Intervent Res, Milwaukee, WI
53226 USA.
Convey, Mark; Hilario, Helena; Weeks, Margaret R.; Corbett, A. Michelle, Inst Community
Res, Hartford, CT USA.'
author: Dickson-Gomez, Julia and Convey, Mark and Hilario, Helena and Weeks, Margaret
R. and Corbett, A. Michelle
author_list:
- family: Dickson-Gomez
given: Julia
- family: Convey
given: Mark
- family: Hilario
given: Helena
- family: Weeks
given: Margaret R.
- family: Corbett
given: A. Michelle
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.17730/humo.68.3.6157671xg8155711
eissn: 1938-3525
files: []
issn: 0018-7259
journal: HUMAN ORGANIZATION
keywords: drug use; informal economy; housing; welfare reform
keywords-plus: 'WELFARE-REFORM; MENTAL-DISORDERS; HOMELESS ADULTS; HARM REDUCTION;
SUBSTANCE USE; INNER-CITY; USE SITES; RISK; HEALTH; ADAPTATION'
language: English
month: FAL
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '36'
orcid-numbers: Weeks, Margaret R./0000-0001-7493-0276
pages: 269-279
papis_id: 777563fa67d5a85e727b527bccbc07d5
ref: Dicksongomez2009hustlinghousing
researcherid-numbers: 'McCarthy, Jodie/B-5760-2012
Guha, Sunni/E-8453-2011
'
times-cited: '7'
title: 'Hustling and Housing: Drug Users'' Strategies to Obtain Shelter and Income
in Hartford, Connecticut'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000269620200003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '18'
volume: '68'
web-of-science-categories: Anthropology; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2009'