LHAs and law enforcement partnerships

Article Abstract:

Several local housing agencies have forged cooperative relationships with local law enforcement agencies. These agencies have availed of Drug Elimination Grant program funds to participate in partnerships that may be as simple as overtime patrols or as demanding as full-time police presence in their areas of responsibility. One such agency is the Housing Authority of the City of North Little Rock in Arkansas. In cooperation with the mayor's office and local police, the director of the housing authority dealt with the drug problem in North Little Rock. A massive raid was conducted on the largest problem area and police substations were created in the most troubled housing developments. Criminal background checks are also regularly done on applicants to the public housing Sec. 8 programs. Neighborhood groups were also formed to get them involved in the fight against drugs.

Services, Arkansas, Social policy, Narcotics, Control of, Narcotics control, Police, Police officers, North Little Rock, Arkansas

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Fiscally conservative and socially progressive - LHAs must be both

Article Abstract:

The arrival of a new era in public housing is compelling local housing authorities (LHAs) to preserve their primary function of providing America's poor with safe, decent and sanitary housing. This new era is marked by deregulation, welfare program reforms, shrinking funding and greater scrutiny by politicians and the public. It requires LHAs to transform themselves from mere managers of housing programs to developers and implementors of social service programs. Housing authorities will need to support the poor as they make the transition from dependency to self-sufficiency. However, to survive in the new environment, they will also have to become familiar with private sector strategies and to run themselves like business organizations.

Housing Programs, Administration of Housing Programs, Housing policy

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Inmate work programs

Article Abstract:

An economic evaluation is presented on the use of prison inmate labor for performing maintenance on public housing developments, along with an examination of feasibility and implementation issues. The author concludes that inmate labor is a cost-effective, practical means of maintaining properties.

United States, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Labor Regulation & Services, Economic aspects, Human resource management, Column, Maintenance and repair, Labor policy, Maintenance, Convict labor

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