The Housing Games: How Characterizations of US-born and Migrant Shelter Recipients Impact Public Attitudes

• In Event: Attitudes Towards Immigration, Immigration Policy and Politics

Brief Overview

A survey experiment explores how political communication which pits unhoused Americans against asylum seekers experiencing homelessness impacts public attitudes towards shelter
and housing assistance policies.

Authors

• Isabel Williams Skinner, University of Illinois at Springfield

• Frank John Gonzalez, University of Arizona