The respondents in this study are those who entered two independently administered low income elderly housing projects in northwestern Vermont during the summer of 1971. The central hypothesis examined is that the alienating effects of the move will vary inversely with the tenant's ability to maintain established and acquire new social relationships. In general, the results were consistent with hypothesized expectations.
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