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The factors that parents wrote to describe the circumstances that would make their housing better included the following:
 A house where children are happy and welcomed.
 Management that is consistent with the needs of the tenants. Management that's familiar with the tenant’s history.
 Unit with updated appliances.
 If the landlord would fix everything
that is damaged and rusted and make
it safer for families.
 More security.
 Security and clean laundromats.
 For manager to stop being racist.
 An individual apartment.
 A landlord who consistently
maintains the cleanliness of the
building.
 How to get rid of the cockroaches.
The greatest percentage of English-speaking parents (74.3%) and Spanish-speaking parents (74.5%) indicated that more affordable housing would improve their housing situation. Table 4 presents the percentage of English and Spanish-speaking parents for each housing factor. The greatest percentages are highlighted.
TABLE 4: Percentage of English and Spanish-speaking parents for each housing factor
+The percentages are based on 202 English-speaking parents who selected a response to the question about housing. ++The percentages are based on 326 Spanish-speaking parents who selected a response to the question about housing.
Parents from Tulsa had the greatest percentage of parents (91.7%) who indicated that their housing would be better if it was more affordable. Chart 25 on the following page presents the greatest percentage of parents for each housing factor by Head Start Center.
CCRC’s Head Start Parents Page | 34 December 2014
Children and Head Start staff take a walk around their center’s neighborhood.
Housing Factor
English-speaking Parents+
Spanish-speaking Parents++
A building that is safe
45.0%
47.9%
Housing that is more affordable
74.3%
74.5%
Other
2.5%
2.1%
A landowner who takes care of pest or rodent control problems
22.8%
39.0%
A landlord who takes care of other requests
18.3%
28.5%
Parents indicated that less crime and violence would make their neighborhood better. They also reported that more affordable housing would improve their living conditions.