Reforming Housing Assistance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5741565
AutoresRobert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen (0000-0002-6127-633X), Jens Ludwig (0000-0002-2998-1696, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen686
Número1
Páginas250-285
Fecha de publicación2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716219877801
OpenAlexW2986624841
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas44

This article reviews current federal housing assistance policies and briefly summarizes research evidence about the efficacy of the different programs. We identify three key challenges that these programs face in meeting their stated objectives and suggest strategies for addressing them. The first challenge is the large variation in market conditions across the country, which makes it difficult to design assistance programs that are universally appropriate. We call for adjusting the type of assistance across markets, allowing for a greater match between subsidies and needs. The second set of challenges concerns subsidy generosity, structure, and targeting. The current system provides large subsidies to a small number of low-income households while providing nothing to most. Assuming limited government resources, we call for exploring the impact of more modest or time-limited subsidies to serve more people with more attention to targeting. The third challenge is the relatively poor location of housing in current assistance programs. We suggest strategies to help more assisted families reach high-opportunity areas

Business · Computer security · Economic growth · Economics · Generosity · Government (linguistics) · Key (lock) · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Set (abstract data type) · Subsidy · Computer Science · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies