Housing Assistance

List of Housing Resarch Repository articles that focus on Housing Assistance: vouchers, subsidies, public housing and other public assistance.

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Housing Assistance Resources

Partial Government Shutdown Challenges Owners and Puts Tenants at Risk

On December 22, 2018, the federal government began a partial shutdown when Congress and President Trump could not agree on an appropriations bill or continuing resolution that would continue to fund certain federal agencies, including HUD and USDA. Now the longest in U.S. history, this shutdown…

Study Suggests Social Networks May Affect Residential Choices of Voucher Holders

Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) help low income households afford housing in low-poverty neighborhoods, but HCV recipients still tend to live in higher-poverty neighborhoods. A study published in the Journal of Housing Economics by Ingrid Gould Ellen, Michael Suher and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa, “…