What do we know about housing choice vouchers?
What do we know about housing choice vouchers?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.07.003
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Ellen, Ingrid Gould
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作者：
Ellen, Ingrid Gould
住房选择补助计划每年向大约220万个家庭提供援助，使其成为美国住房和城市发展部（HUD）管理的最大的低收入住房补贴计划。本文回顾了我们对该计划的了解。简而言之，实验研究表明，代金券有助于减轻低收入家庭的租金负担，使他们能够居住在不那么拥挤的房屋中，并将无家可归的风险降至最低。然而，研究也表明，该计划在让受助者进入更好的社区和学校方面远没有那么成功。也许该计划最大的失望是它的范围有限。家庭通常要等待数年才能获得代金券，全国只有四分之一有资格获得代金券的家庭获得任何联邦租赁住房援助。另一个问题是，很大一部分收到代金券的家庭从来没有使用过代金券，部分原因是很难找到愿意提供可接受单位的房东。因此，尽管该方案很有效，但仍有改进的余地。
The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides assistance to approximately 2.2 million households each year, making it the largest low-income housing subsidy program managed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This paper reviews what we know about the program. In brief, experimental research shows that vouchers help to reduce the rent burdens of low-income households, allow them to live in less crowded homes, and minimize the risk of homelessness. Research also shows, however, that the program has been far less successful in getting recipients to better neighborhoods and schools. And perhaps the greatest disappointment of the program is its limited reach. Families typically wait for years to receive a voucher, and only one in four households eligible for a voucher nationally receives any federal rental housing assistance. Another issue is that a significant share of households who receive vouchers never use them, in part because of the difficulty of finding willing landlords with acceptable units. Thus, as effective as the program is, there is still room for improvement.