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Title: How Do Changes In Housing Voucher Design Affect Rent and Neighborhood Quality?

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: U.S. housing voucher holders pay their landlord a fraction of household income and the government pays the rest, up to a rent ceiling. We study how two types of changes to the rent ceiling aect landlords and tenants. A policy that makes vouchers more generous across a metro area benefits landlords through increased rents, with minimal impact on neighborhood and unit quality. A second policy that indexes rent ceilings to neighborhood rents leads voucher holders to move in higher-quality neighborhoods with lower crime, poverty and unemployment.

Url: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/housing_law_and_policy/52

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Authors: Collinson, Robert; Ganong, Peter

Series Title: Kreisman Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 52

Institution: University of Chicago

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Publisher Location: Chicago

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation

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