The relationship between housing subsidies and supportive housing on neighborhood distress and housing satisfaction: does drug use make a difference?

Table 3 Results of Logistic Regressions Predicting Housing and Neighborhood Satisfaction Comparing Supportive, Subsidized and Doubled-up Housing with Non-Subsidized Rental Housing

Satisfaction	Housing status*	Adjusted Odds Ratio	P	Interactions with housing
		AOR (95 % CI)		Factor	AOR (95 % CI)
Had a choice in where to live
	Supportive housing	0.20 (0.40–0.95)	0.043
	Rental subsidy	1.26 (0.25–6.37)	0.782
	Doubled up	0.62 (0.13–3.03)	0.552	Black	8.28 (1.26–54.7)
Live close to social services
	Supportive housing	4.58 (1.32–45.9)	0.058
	Rental subsidy	9.28 (1.83–47.0)	0.007	Drug use	0.09 (0.01–0.71)
	Doubled up	2.75 (0.64–11.87)	0.174	Drug use	0.20 (0.04–1.20)
Satisfied with housing
	Supportive housing	1.69 (0.28–10.25)	0.569
	Rental subsidy	1.57 (0.32–7.79)	0.583
	Doubled up	0.32 (0.07–1.50)	0.150	Black	25.9 (3.55–188.6)
Live close to important people
	Supportive housing	0.37 (0.08–1.62)	0.188
	Rental subsidy	0.51 (0.13–2.05)	0.341
	Doubled up	0.66 (0.15–2.93)	0.586
Neighborhood is a safe place to live
	Supportive housing	1.81 (0.34–9.50)	0.484	Black	12.2 (1.32–112.3)
	Rental subsidy	0.90 (0.23–3.54)	0.876
	Doubled up	0.32 (0.08–1.31)	0.113	Black	10.7 (1.84–62.0)

*Housing groups Supportive housing (n = 49), Rental subsidy (n = 65), and Doubled up with a friend, family, or sex partner (n = 95) are compared with the referent group In own apartment without a rental subsidy (n = 42). Satisfaction is categorized as agree or disagree. Covariates are Black race, female gender, less than high school education, mental health diagnosis, HIV-positive, any illegal drug use in past 30 days, and interactions housing status with race and housing status with drug use

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