List of Housing Resarch Repository articles that focus on Housing Assistance: vouchers, subsidies, public housing and other public assistance.
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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…
The Urban Institute released a research report, “Protecting Housing Choice Voucher Holders from Discrimination: Lessons from Oregon and Texas,” that includes two case studies detailing how the states implemented laws related to landlord discrimination against Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders.…
The Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP) released a research brief, “COVID-19 and Rent Relief: Understanding the Landlord Side,” based on a survey of over 600 property owners in Philadelphia whose tenants applied for state or local COVID-19 rental assistance. The results indicate an increase in…