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来源

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE,Vol.27,Issue2,P.266-281

语言

英文

关键字

Vouchers; low-income housing; policy; INCOME-TAX CREDIT; VOUCHER HOLDERS; PROPERTY-VALUES; POVERTY; MOBILITY; ASSISTANCE; IMPACT; PROGRAMS; CERTIFICATES; SEGREGATION

作者单位

[Owens, Ann] Univ Southern Calif, Dept Sociol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA. Owens, A (reprint author), Univ Southern Calif, Dept Sociol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA. E-Mail: annowens@usc.edu

摘要

Assisted housing programs in the United States aim to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income households. Increasingly, policymakers have also considered how assisted housing can provide access to lower poverty, income-diverse, and higher opportunity neighborhoods. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development currently balances two strategies. First, place-based programs-immoveable subsidies linked to particular units-can both revitalize distressed neighborhoods and provide access to higher opportunity neighborhoods. Second, people-based assistance-housing vouchers for use on the private rental market-can facilitate moves out of high-poverty, low-opportunity neighborhoods. During this policy moment with fair housing priorities receiving national attention, understanding the efficacy of each approach is critically important. This article synthesizes past research on housing vouchers to identify the impact of people-based assistance on four outcomes: residents' neighborhood attainment, education, economic outcomes, and health. I also review the scant literature examining how vouchers affect place rather than people. I conclude by identifying aspects of special voucher programs that promote positive outcomes that could potentially be scaled up.