Abstract
Over the past ten years, public housing agencies across the country have been allowed greater discretion in the implementation of policies that affect public housing management and who will live there. Discretion in public management has the potential to be a slippery slope. While managers may have greater flexibility in responding to local need and making the best use of the limited resources available to public housing, the potential exists for risk of conflicting interpretation of policies, unclear program goals, and a conflict in roles, for example, What exactly is my job and how do I manage in this new environment? The author examines these issues against the backdrop of mixed populations, namely, housing policies that enable low-income individuals with disabilities to become eligible for what has traditionally been considered housing for the elderly.
Recommended Citation
Grant, Mary K.
(2000)
"Changing Populations, Rules, and Roles: Conflict and Ambiguity,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 15:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol15/iss2/5