List of Housing Resarch Repository articles that focus on Housing Assistance: vouchers, subsidies, public housing and other public assistance.
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A survey of service coordinators working with older adults in publicly funded housing identified unique challenges they have faced in adapting to COVID-19. The survey, conducted by the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), found that disruptions to professional care may affect older residents’…
The House of Representatives on December 8 adopted by a vote of 335-78 the National Defense Authorization Act, which included the “Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020” (H.R.2398). Introduced by Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), the “Veteran HOUSE Act” allows chronically homeless veterans who received an “…
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Failing the Least Advantaged: An Unintended Consequence of Local Implementation of the Housing Choice Voucher Program,” finds that two practices for managing waitlists for housing assistance—prioritizing local applicants and purging waitlists when applicants…
A working paper from a PhD candidate at the UCLA Department of Economics, “Housing the Homeless: The Effect of Housing Assistance on Recidivism to Homelessness, Economic, and Social Outcomes,” finds that housing assistance for homeless individuals reduces the likelihood that they will become…