Should I Stay or Should I Go: Exploring the Effects of Housing Instability and Mobility on Children

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"Remaining in the same neighborhood may provide a measure of stability, allowing children to stay enrolled in the same school and parents to continue to rely on damiliar support networks." "Hyper-mobility has been shown to have a sharp impact on children's academic performance." "Among very low-income families, unplanned moves- also referred to as 'forced' or 'involuntay' moves- are fairly common." "Residents of public housing may be particularly vulnerable to an involuntay move to a new unit following a change in household composition that increases or decreases household size."