Research Projects

University Employer Assisted Housing: Models of University-Community Partnership

Start Date: July 2005
End Date: July 2006

Researchers
Joseph Hoereth, Associate Director, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago; David Perry, Director, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dwan Packnett, Trinity Plus One Consultants, Inc.

Description
This report identifies various motivations for and common models of university EAH programs. We used this identification of motivations and models as a framework for a scan of thirty-eight programs across the country. The framework was then applied to three case studies of employer assisted housing: Case Western Reserve University, the University of Chicago, and Howard University. The purpose of this analysis is to explore more deeply and critically the potential for EAH programs to not only meet the needs of universities, but also contribute to the improvement of the communities that reside in “the shadows” of universities. Also we are interested in discovering the ways in which EAH programs serve to catalyze relationships between universities and those communities.