Faculty Biography

Rachel Garshick Kleit
Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Design and Planning

Rm 209C Parrington Hall, Box 353055
Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3055
206-221-3063
206-543-4900
206-685-9044 (FAX)

My research focuses on the role of housing in the social and economic well-being of low-income people. Currently much of my research focuses on the HOPE VI program, where I am evaluating whether redevelopment has positive or negative impacts on both residents who return to the new site and those who move away. I am also trying to understand why residents of color who move away end up living in more racially segregated neighborhoods--are their choices governed by constraint or desire? These questions are fundamentally about the justice of programs that seek to house the poorest of the poor, and thus focus on the part of the department’s mission to make urban regions just.

Courses:

• URBDP 560 Urban Affairs

Selected Publications Include:

Kleit, R.G. and Jennifer Allison. "HOPE VI for High Point," Baseline Report, July 2002.

Kleit, R.G. "The Role of Neighborhood Social Networks in Scattered-Site Public Housing Residents' Search for Jobs," Housing Policy Debate; Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2001.

Rohe, William M. and Rachel Garshick Kleit. "Housing, Welfare Reform, and Self-Sufficiency: An Assessment of the Family Self-Sufficiency Program," Housing Policy Debate; Vol. 10, Issue 2, 1999.

Rohe, William M. and Rachel Garshick Kleit. "From Dependency to Self-Sufficiency: An Appraisal of the Gateway Transitional Families Program," Housing Policy Debate; Vol. 8, Issue 1, 1997.